Date:  15 July 2021

To: All Universal Robots Users

 Product(s) Affected:  CB2 Universal Robots

Notification of End-of-Support for the CB2 Generation of Cobots

This announcement is to provide Universal Robots valued customers and partners with notification of the end-of-life for the CB2 generation of robots. Universal Robots discontinued sales of new CB2 robot systems in 2014. All spare part sales, service, and support for CB2 robots will be discontinued on 30 June 2022.  Universal Robots will accept last-time-buy orders for spare parts until 30 June 2022.

Table 1 displays the remaining lifecycle milestones.  

Table 2 displays all part numbers affected by this notification. 

Product Migration

CB2 is superseded by the CB3 and e-Series robot families. Customers with CB2 robot deployments can migrate to either a CB3 or e-Series robot system with equivalent payload and reach capability. The e-Series is Universal Robots’ most recent product family. Customers migrating to e-Series will enjoy the benefits of our latest hardware and software including increased performance in pose repeatability, adjustable safety functions, advanced sensing and communications control, tooling extensibility, and market-leading deployment experience. For more information please contact your local UR distributor.

Table 1. CB2 End-of-life Milestones

Table 2. Product Part Number Affected By This Announcement

* The spare parts marked with an * will still be offered as they are common on CB3 robot versions.