The UR5 robot arm from Universal Robots will ring the NASDAQ Closing Bell on Tuesday, November 12 to mark the launch of the ROBO-STOX™ Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF (Ticker Symbol ...

Jennifer Hicks, at Forbes, explains exactly how the robot rang the bell: To ring the NASDAQ closing bell, the UR5 robot arm was integrated with a three-fingered SDH gripper.

Universal Robots ' UR5 robot arm will reach up and ring the closing bell. The special arm is equipped with a three-fingered gripper from Schunk, a German company which makes clamping technology.

Yesterday afternoon the NASDAQ closing bell was rung by something that's not human. It was Universal Robots' UR5 robot arm that, after putting on a show to demonstrate its dexterity for traders ...

Surrounded by industry insiders and company executives, with all the pageantry of high finance historical firsts, Universal Robots' UR5 robot arm rang the closing bell at the NASDAQ last night – the ...