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Kuka expected to roll out collaborative robot on autonomous platform in more factories

August 27, 2017 by David Edwards

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Kuka is expected to make its mobile collaborative robot available to more factories, partly as a result of its takeover by Midea, the Chinese home appliances manufacturer. 

Midea has many large factories where a mobile robot which can also pick and place objects would be very useful.

Kuka’s collaborative robot is called iiwa, and it’s already in use at various large companies, including automotive giant BMW.  [Read more…] about Kuka expected to roll out collaborative robot on autonomous platform in more factories

Filed Under: Industrial robots, Industry, Logistics, News, Transportation Tagged With: autonomous mobile platform, collaborative robot, eagle technologies, eagle universal base, iiwa, kuka, logistics

Collaborative robotic system makes ‘monotonous and physically demanding tasks’ at BMW easier

June 15, 2017 by Sam Francis

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A worker at BMW Dingolfing, with the Kuka collaborative robot

The employees at BMW Group’s Dingolfing Plant have a new, highly responsive assistant: an LBR iiwa lightweight robot from Kuka, which they say takes over “monotonous and physically demanding tasks”. 

Previously, BMW employees had to lift a differential case which weighed up to 5.5 kg, and had to manoeuvre it with millimeter-precision, in the assembly of the front axle.

Now the robot is taking over this “ergonomically demanding work”.  [Read more…] about Collaborative robotic system makes ‘monotonous and physically demanding tasks’ at BMW easier

Filed Under: Features, Industrial robots, Industry, News Tagged With: bmw, collaboration, collaborative, dingolfing, human-robot, iiwa, kuka, lightweight, robot, robotic, sensors, system

‘Innovative’ Škoda factory introduces human-robot collaboration with Kuka LBR iiwa

February 16, 2017 by Sam Francis

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Škoda Auto, Matador Group and Kuka have come together in the town of Vrchlabí, Czech Republic, for what they say is “a manufacturing initiative without borders or fences”.

The project is being undertaken in an automobile factory which produces direct-shift-gearbox automatic transmissions.

There, an industrial robot does what industrial robots do best: grow productivity, reduce costs and improve output quality.  [Read more…] about ‘Innovative’ Škoda factory introduces human-robot collaboration with Kuka LBR iiwa

Filed Under: Industrial robots, Industry, Manufacturing, News Tagged With: auto, automatic, automobile, collaboration, data, factories, factory, human-robot, iiwa, industrial, industry, kuka, lbr, matador, reduce, robots, škoda

Kuka robots perform a dance at Hannover Messe opening ceremony

April 25, 2016 by Abdul Montaqim

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kuka robot dance hannover messe

LBR iiwa lightweight robots did a dance at the Hannover Messe opening ceremony on Sunday 24 April.

In front of almost 3,000 guests including Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama, dancers and Kuka LBR iiw robots turned human-robot-collaboration into a staged performance.

Human-robot collaboration is a central topic for the factory of the future.

The grand opening of Hannover Messe 2016 on Sunday was based entirely on the topic of Integrated Industry – Discover Solutions.

In a spectacularly choreographed performance, seven LBR iiwa robots visually depicted the five flagship themes at Hannover Fair over five acts: Digital Factory, Industrial Supply, Industrial Automation, Research & Technology, Energy.

[Read more…] about Kuka robots perform a dance at Hannover Messe opening ceremony

Filed Under: Industrial robots, Industry, Manufacturing, News Tagged With: ceremony, hannover, iiwa, industrial, kuka, lbr, messe, performance, robots

Kuka lightweight robot combines injection molding with additive manufacturing

February 4, 2016 by Abdul Montaqim

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Use of the LBR iiwa enables maximum flexibility at Arburg

In the age of Industry 4.0, “smart factories” are developing at an unprecedented rate. Nowadays, automated, networked and variable production lines are in high demand as companies aim to respond quickly and flexibly to ever shorter product life cycles.

At the same time, the issue of how to incorporate individual customer requirements into industrial series production is growing in significance.

The German machinery manufacturer Arburg has developed a fully automated production line, completely networked in terms of IT processes, which allows series-manufactured injection moldings to be individualized right at the production line, according to the customer’s requirements. [Read more…] about Kuka lightweight robot combines injection molding with additive manufacturing

Filed Under: News Tagged With: additive, arburg, iiwa, injection, kuka, lbr, manufacturing, molding, robot

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