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AU leaves the hub

AU leaves the StartUp Hub

“We greatly appreciated the network and environment in the StartUp Hub – not only from the Hub partners, but also from the other startups in the Hub. People with the same drive, values and passion like us that we could learn from – and the fact that we could use each other as idea sounding boards was a fantastic bonus of being in the Hub. We are very pleased that this energy and network also exist outside of the StartUp Hub – and we definitely strive to be as much a part of the robotics environment as possible,” says Flemming Thinggaard.

Thanks to the Hub! Odense Robotics
 

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Visit from stavanger

Visit From Stavanger University hospital

This week we had a very interesting visit from Norway. The project group who is planning the new hospital in Stavanger were on a trip to Denmark visiting some partners to be inspired. A delegation consists of people from #Stavangeruniversitetsjukehus, Helse Stavanger and #Niras.
We introduced the future way of disinfecting the hospitals. Specific in relation to their investment in Effimats smart elevation systems and in relevant hospital rooms. Our disinfection robot is time optimizing, works automatically and secure full traceability.

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Willich Elektrotechnik GmbH

Growth business within disinfection robots secures partnership with German distributor

The company: Willich Elektrotechnik GmbH from Bebra, Germany became the first distributor of the disinfection robot, DMD4000, on the German market after the contract was signed on the 26th of November.

The partnership was signed in the light of ‘Robot Days 2021’, which is the outline for interesting discussions, professional presentations, and new exhibitions amongst Willich’s partners, and customers. Just as well did the CEO, Karsten Thinggaard from Autonomous Units ApS, as he took the opportunity to present some of the newest technology within mobile disinfection for the rest of the partners.

The participating at ‘Robot Days 2021’ formed just as well a solid foundation – including a good manifestation of common values, and ambitions – between Madeleine Willich, and Karsten Thinggaard for the future collaboration.

“We share a common passion for saving lives, while increasing the general hygiene. In addition, during COVID19 we want to set the tools available to avoid further lockdowns – which is an amazing substrate for a constructive partnership” elaborates, Karsten Thinggaard.

“Willich Elektrotechnik GmbH is an interesting business with years of experience within electrotechnology, and automation. Together with a business philosophy of an ‘all-round solution’ are we confident that we have found the right partner; we see that ‘complete solutions’ including counseling, project planning, and continuous help after implementation is crucial for penetrating the German market and reaching the Germen end users.

A natural head-start

The fit of the partnership with Willich Elektrotechnik GmbH seems obvious based on several reasons; the company is already a Mobile Industrial Robots distributor among others. Years of experience, and knowledge with the application means that there is a great familiarity with our product, as our patent pending disinfection solution is built upon it.

Moreover, is the business represented by the 2nd generation of Willich, where it is the daughter, Madeleine Willich, who is in charge. “We have gained another strong partner. We will look forward to our close collaboration. Together against COVID19!”

Desuden er virksomheden repræsenteret ved 2. generation Willich, hvor det er datteren, Madeleine Willich, som i dag står i spidsen. Selv udtaler hun: Vi har fået en yderlig stærk partner. Vi ser meget frem til samarbejdet. Sammen mod COVID19!” says Madeleine Willich.

Especially during a period imprinted with the words: COVID19, spread of disease, and surfaces of contamination, does it make sense to introduces new technology to the market. But the job is not just done developing the technology; it must contemplate with reality, and therefore work in practical contexts.

Rosengårdscenteret in Odense, Denmark, is one of the places, where the implementation of the DMD4000, contemplates with reality, as it was needed as a ‘moving hand sanitizer stand’ amongst the Center’s visitors during the opening hours.

“Robots has come to stay, and we are certain that it will continue to be a part of our future.” Says Morten Blomstrøm, who is the technical manager at ECE rojectmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG.

Facts regarding Willich Elektrotechnik GmbH

Founded: 1st June, 1985

Location: Bebra, Germany

Certified ISO9001.

Recieved the German price of Marketing, 2010 for electrotechnology, and becomes e-certified.

 

Contact

For further questions or inquiries contact: CCO Søren Bjerre, sb@a-units.com, +45 23 89 56 90

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Søren Johannes Bjerre

Robotvirksomhed opruster med kommercielle kræfter i den øverste ledelse

Autonomous Units forstærker sig kommercielt og udpeger en VP Sales & Marketing CCO  (Salg- og marketing direktør) med international erfaring.

Søren Bjerre er bosat i Kolding og kommer fra en stilling som Sales Manager i Beirholms Væverier hvor han har arbejdet med strategisk salgs- og markedsudvikling i Sverige, Norge, Tyskland og Benelux. Han er oprindelig uddannet Cand.merc International forretningsudvikling og tiltræder i virksomheden den 1/9.

”Det er med stor ydmyghed at jeg har takket ja til dette fantastisk tilbud!! At blive en del af en robotvirksomhed, som udvikler fremtidens automatiske desinficeringsløsninger og et super ambitiøst team med nogle sunde værdier og højt kompetenceniveau – det er helt unikt! Jeg er super motiveret for, at bringe mine kompetencer i spil sammen med teamet – og personligt blive udfordret på helt nye områder.” siger Søren Bjerre. ”De første robotter er sendt på markedet og har fået en flot og anerkendende modtagelse. Den dækker et behov på et eksisterende desinficeringsmarked – men qua Covid-19 hvor desinficering er blevet endnu mere udbredt står vi med en robot der kan skabe stor værdi for mange nye segmenter og hvor vi er ekstremt nysgerrig på at skabe nye businessmuligheder” fortæller Søren Bjerre.

Virksomhedens grundlægger og nu CTO (Chief Technology Officer) Flemming Thinggaard udtaler: ”Søren er en stor berigelse for firmaet. Lige siden Karsten kom ombord har det været klart for os, at en dedikeret tung kommerciel profil ville være en afgørende styrkelse af lederteamet. Det glæder mig særligt, at vi nu er 3 i lederteamet/ejergruppen der i meget høj grad deler værdigrundlag, og hvor vi i forhold til kompetencer og interesser indenfor virksomhedsudviklingen komplementerer hinanden rigtig godt. Det er lige før at rolle fordelingen i det nye team er faldet så naturligt, at vi har brugt mindre tid på dette emne i forberedelserne end hvad vi har nået at kunne bruge på at spille frisbee golf sammen” afslutter Flemming med et grin.

”Det er på alle måder en stor dag for Autonomous Units. Søren har et stort personligt drive og en ydmyg nysgerrighed på hvad der betyder allermest for vores kunder. Søren bringer en tung international erfaring og ikke mindst en stor passion for udvikling af kunderelationer” udtaler Autonomous Units CEO Karsten Thinggaard. Karsten fortsætter: ”At Søren vælger at sige ja til denne udfordring er et stort skulderklap til ambitioner i Autonomous Units. Vi ønsker at robotløsninger kommer ud og skaber reel værdi på den lange bane og her er Sørens nysgerrighed en stor styrke for at vi sammen med kunderne kan finde de løsninger og arbejde med de udfordringer der er ved at anvende robotter i et dagligt samarbejde med mennesker”

Fakta om Autonomous Units
Grundlagt: 2020 af Flemming Thinggaard

Lokation: Langeskov, øst for Odense.

Medlemskab: Odense Robotics

Marked: Robot løsninger, inkl. Desinfektions robot

Løsningen: Robotten DMD4000 bruger en blanding af velkendt og patentanmeldt teknologi til automatisk at desinficere alle overflader i rummet – Vægge, borde, stole, i kroge og hjørner, bag fjernsynet, tastaturer, omkring toilettet osv. men efterlader ingen spor. Med denne løsning sikres, at eventuelle bakterier eller vira fjernes.

Kontakt:

CEO Karsten Thinggaard, kt@a-units.com 

Founder & CTO Flemming Thinggaard, ft@a-units.com +4551952270

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Karsten Thinggaard Appointed CEO

Welcome to appointed CEO Karsten Thinggaard

Karsten Thinggaard is raised on Funen, that is known for the successful Odense Robotics Cluster, and has a Master of Science in business administration from University of Southern Denmark in Odense.
He has had a long career in various management positions within Danish family own international industry Group Danfoss, which has among other things brought him extensive experience from travelling and working in countries like USA, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, India and China. Lately, Thinggaard has been heading the strategy agenda within danish family owned automotive supplier TAJCO group.   

”I am thrilled to accept this unique opportunity to become part of Autonomous Units interesting journey, which is an assignment, I am approaching with a good sense of humility as well as ambitions for what we can accomplish together. We are founding our solutions on the proud technology and traditions of the Odense Robotics Cluster and we combine this with passion for making the world post COVID-19 a better place” say Karsten Thinggaard and continues:

“We have all experienced how COVID-19, and not the least the many restrictions, have influenced our everyday life significantly. The human as well as the financial implications has been enormous and when the dust settles, we would all want for this never to happen again. Prevention saves lives and is much cheaper and more effective that all reactive measures. It is our vision in Autonomous Units to make our contribution to a world in which prevention enables us to enjoy the freedom we all desire”. 

The companies founder and now CTO (Chief Technology Officer) Flemming Thinggaard says: “I am known for a long time, that we need to to strengthen the commercial part of our leadership team. Karsten has a broad profile, major international experience and network, which can drive the strategic direction for Autonomous Units growth journey.”  laughs Flemming.  

The company has a strong commercial profile lined up to complete the management team, however cannot reveal yet who is about to land this exciting position in the business with the great ambitions. 

Facts about Autonomous Units 
Founded: 2020 by Flemming Thinggaard  

Location: Langeskov, East of Odense, Denmark. 

Membership: Odense Robotics etc 

Current Market: Robot solutions, incl. Desinfektions robot 

Solution: the fully autonomous Robot DMD4000 uses a mixture of welknown and patent pending technologies to disinfect all surfaces as wel as the air in a room – walls, tables, chairs, hide-outs and corners, toilets etc while leaving no trace. The solutions secures that all bacteria and vira are very effectively eliminated.   

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Collaboration with HF & VUC Fyn

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Our goal is to ensure that we develop our product with user interaction in focus.

At Autonomous Units, our goal is to ensure that we develop our product with user interaction in focus. That is why we always say YES, when the opportunity arises to develop our product on site. We got the opportunity to “move in” to HF & VUC Fyn’s spectacular and nice domicile on Kottesgade.

HF & VUC Fyn Odense moved into Kottesgade 6 in 2013, and since then several thousand students have had their daily studies here. In 2020, Corona unfortunately moved in all over the world, and here at HF & VUC Fyn, the students then had to study from home. As the opening day again approached, the fear about infection spreading among staff and students followed. A local test center was installed at the school, where several hundred students and staff from the nearby schools had to be tested daily. We all know that, with a larger population comes bigger risk of bacterial and virus-spread. That is why DMD4000 moved in as well.

Our disinfection robot DMD4000, is now installed at the school’s test center. In nights, the robot disinfects the entire test center which means, that both students and staff daily starts their day in a bacterium -and virus free test center.

When the robot was installed our development, team descided to pack their suitcases and relocate at the school also. We saw an opportunity to get a lot of reactions and interactions from a bunch of different user groups. And it became a huge success.

We are so grateful for the opportunity given by the school gave us. We also want to say a big thank you to Service Manager John, for meeting us with an open, curious, and flexible mindset. It meant that we after 14 days went back home with our suitcases filled with exciting new ideas for further development.

We ended the days with our photographer Victor Fink, which resulted in a lot of cool videos and excellent pictures that will be released very soon. Thank you all / Team AU

 #letsdesinfect #desinfectionisthenewnormal

“DMD4000 is a flexible solution for a
wide range of environments”

Funny comments from the development period on HF & VUC Fyn

“It looks like a robot from Star Wars”

“Is it a printer?”

“This is niiice …”

“Is it a vacuum cleaner”

“It’s mega cute”

“Please come inside”

“Can it get me a burrito?”

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Region Syddanmark visit AU

Region Syddanmark visit AU

Herdis Hanghøi, Chairman of the Health and Care Committee, and Bo Libergren, Chairman of the Committee for the Local Health Service, ware last Wednesday visiting Autonomous Units with input to our vision about room disinfection.

We talked about how we as humans define purity from an optical view.
Cleaning is not the same as disinfecting. The difference between cleaning and disinfection has been known in the hospital industry for many years.  It is actually the bacterial level that we optically can NOT see, we as humans, must pay special attention to.

Before the pandemic, we did not spend much Money on hygiene. But at the entrance to the pandemic, we went into a situation where hygiene was crucial and in fact also the only weapon we could use agenst it.

Autonomous Units robot DMD4000, reduces bacterial and viral levels up to 99.9999% – clinical purity. The robot sprays with a dry mist, which does not compromise shadow. It means that, beside disinfecting of all surfaces, it also disinfects keyboards, under the chair, behind the handle, under the drawer, ballpoint pens etc.

Do you want to hear more about how our solution can help you back to a bacteria-reduced work environment – We would like to have a non-binding talk about disinfection in your premises. It can be a virtual talk, but we would also like to come by your company if you prefers.

You can also read more about our solution at  www.a-units.com . Also we are ready by phone; +45 93 87 22 70

 

BO LIBERGREN

Bo Libergren is a Venstre politician in Region of Southern Denmark and Chairman of the Committee for the Local Health Service.

HERDIS HANGHØI

Herdis Hanghøi is a city council politician in Faarborg-midtfyns municipality, she also sits as Chairman of the Health and Care Committee.

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Press release

Press release

World news from Odense’s robotic cluster

We have reached a great milestone

Autonomous Units is launching a unique patent-pending disinfection robot built on evidence-based Dry Mist Technology. After founding Autonomous Units as recently as August 1st 2020, the team behind the robot company is ready to give the first presentation of their newly developed disinfection robot, DMD4000.

The idea was sparked by the COVID-crisis and an urgent need to prevent cross infection in the high-risk indoor areas.

“Today’s reality calls for a higher level of hygiene and greater protection against the spread of infection,” says managing director of Autonomous Units, Flemming Thinggaard. “Our new disinfection robot was developed in record time in order to improve the general level of sanitation and secure against unnecessary sick leave and potential pandemics.”

DMD4000 is the first of its kind in the market. The robot uses dry mist of hydrogen peroxide – a technology well-known from the laboratory and hospital disinfection, until now seen in manual, staff-operated machines. DMD4000 sets a new standard by autonomously disinfecting offices, fitness centers, schools and institutions during the night.

“Hydrogen peroxide technology guarantees high quality of disinfection based on scientific evidence – in contrast to other known technologies that build on test-based reports, only disinfect visible surfaces and may be harmful to humans,” Flemming Thinggaard elaborates.

High quality top application built for MiR

The new disinfection robot is based on the well-known Funen platform from MiR, a pioneer and a first-mover in the field of collaborative, autonomous mobile robots, where Flemming Thinggaard was engaged from the company’s early start. He has only positive things to say about MiR, both regarding the product’s user-friendliness and the growing global team. And the strong team is what he sees as essential for success.

“I’ve contacted the former design consultant at MiR, Lars Majlund Mørk and the collaboration quickly developed from consultancy to a team effort. Bo Thinggaard has been brought in as the leading software developer. He is an exceptional asset who, in record time, has built a scalable architecture that matches our visions for the future,” says Flemming Thinggaard.

Autonomous Units is dedicated to bringing the robot into the world. The next step is to test the complete setup at the fitness center “God Form” in Ringe on Funen. Here is what owner and center manager, Søren Andersen says: “I am ready for new technology. We are already making a great effort to ensure hygiene. If the robot can prevent the spread of the infection, then the test is a success both for me and the center’s users.”

DMD4000 is expected to be available for sale in the end of 2020, but Autonomous Units is already in close dialogue with customers and distributors.

FACTS ABOUT THE DISINFECTION ROBOT DMD4000:

  • Top application from Autonomous Units is developed for MiR’s autonomous robots and has disinfection capacity for 4000 m3
  • DMD is short for Dry Mist Disinfection Robot – an autonomous robot that fills the room with dry mist consisting of hydrogen peroxide
  • DMD4000 robot is patent-pending and removes up to 99.9999% of harmful pathogens and super-bacteria