Teradyne's subsidiary Universal Robots offers the UR AI Trainer, a hardware-software system built with Scale AI that allows robot operators to teach robots new tasks by physically guiding them through the motions, with the system capturing synchronized motion, force, and visual data to train AI models directly on production-grade robot hardware. The system was launched at NVIDIA GTC in March 2026.

The UR AI Trainer uses a leader-follower robot setup: a human operator guides a 'leader' robot, while a 'follower' robot mirrors the motion in real time. The system automatically captures synchronized motion, force, torque, and visual data required to train Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models — AI systems that combine visual perception, language understanding, and physical action. The platform is integrated with Scale AI's recording software and supports cloud integration with NVIDIA GR00T and NVIDIA Isaac Sim for simulation-based validation. Universal Robots describes it as the 'industry's first direct lab-to-factory solution for AI model training.' The product is listed on the Universal Robots marketplace as generally available.