is much more than Universal Robots; today, the cluster has more than 80 companies operating in the area. The story of the cluster goes back 30 years. This is the story of visionary business people and scientists 20 years ahead of their time; of disappointments and failures, but also of forward-looking individuals and key actors in the business-policy sphere, who picked up the pieces at a critical time in the history of the Funen robotics environment – and developed the cluster into what it is today.