The city of Odense – one of the world’s leading robotics cities
Odense is a vibrant and international city featuring an internationally renowned robotics hub and other strong clusters within drones, life science & biotech as well as harbour & wind.
About Odense
Just 10 kilometers from HCA Airport you will find Odense.
With 200,000 inhabitants, Odense is Denmark’s third largest city. The open, modern city of Odense is home to more than 180 higher education programs, a university hospital and a business community with a heavy focus on robotics, drones and life science.
A top robotics location
Odense is well-known for being one of the world’s leading robotic cites with an exceptional ecosystem.
With a world-leading cobot hub, an excellent startup environment, a national cluster (Odense Robotics), several academic centers, and advanced education possibilities, Odense is a prime location for robotics and automation activities with currently more than 160 companies.
Other incubators are active in the unmanned arena as well such as the business incubation center of European Space Agency (ESA).
Access to talent
As of 2022, more than 1 billion Euros has been invested in Odense robotics companies. The collaboration between local government, knowledge institutions, and industry representatives makes for a rare, innovative ecosystem matched by a few other cities in the world.
Odense is thus an excellent place to do business with good access to talent, a strong ecosystem and a flourishing startup community.
At the same time, Odense – the birth town of fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen – features a large number of festivals, 261 parks, 540-km network of cycle paths, a tramline system, and a new city center.
Business relocation services
UAS Denmark Test Center is the best place to develop your drone company, and Odense is the best city for startups in the best European country for doing business. And we provide confidential and tailor-made solutions for foreign companies looking to set up a new business in the center or expanding an existing one.
Get connected
UAS Denmark and our cooperation partners are ready to support the companies using the center in finding the right information sources and partners that will help develop your business – be it research communities, public authorities or private business partners.
When you are based in the test center, you can come together with competent colleagues on a daily basis. Very often we see how companies not only exchange knowledge but also work together on projects and business ideas.
We experience that you can plug into a thriving business environment
