The Download: Denmark’s robot city, and Google’s AI-only search results
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Summary
Denmark’s third-largest city, Odense, has more than 150 robotics, automation and drone companies located there and is known for its collaborative robots, or cobots.
The city’s success was established in the 1990s when the Maersk shipping company funded the creation of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute (MMMI), a centre dedicated to autonomous systems.
Odense’s robotics success has its roots in traditional industries, such as shipbuilding.
This success may be constrained by being based in a city that is small on the global scale.
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