Product News

KUKA Roboter blazes a trail (23. Nov 2007)
As the year draws to a close, the Augsburg-based company KUKA Roboter is once again blazing a trail for the welding sector. ...more

Welcome to the “Hall of Flame” (23. Nov 2007)
In production shop 8 at KUKA Roboter GmbH in Augsburg, things are really hotting up: with the slogan “Welcome to the Hall of Flame” the Augsburg-based company is presenting its new KR 5 arc robot to an audience of journalists and other guests. ...more

KUKA Robotics introduces robotic layer forming palletizing solution at Pack Expo (09. Oct 2007)
Robotic layer forming virtually eliminates package damage caused by conventional palletizers as they mechanically turn the packages to form interlocking pallet patterns that are necessary to create a stable pallet without a reduction in palletizing speed. ...more

KUKA Robotics introduces low cost robotic palletizing solution at Pack Expo (04. Oct 2007)
The new robotic system combines a KUKA robot, with a set of conveyors, a simple end of arm tooling, pallet stand and the KUKA PalletTech software to give customers an easy to implement and maintain palletizing solution. ...more

KUKA Roboter has a world champion (09. May 2007)
KUKA Roboter GmbH celebrated the unveiling of its latest product with an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. The KR 1000 titan is the world’s first industrial robot that can lift a payload of 1000 kilograms with a reach of 3200 mm. ...more

“titan”: the world’s strongest robot (09. May 2007)
– Robots – like people – need new challenges. The KUKA “titan” can hold its own among the really big hitters. With a payload capacity of 1000 kilograms and a reach of 3200 mm, it is the largest and strongest 6-axis industrial robot in the world. For KUKA Roboter GmbH, this is fresh proof of the company’s innovative drive, earning it a place in the Guinness Book of Records. ...more

KUKA Robotics introduces 6-axis tabletop cleanroom robot at 2007 International Display Symposium (07. May 2007)
“The Sixx robot family was designed for customers with applications requiring 6-axis functionality for long reach tasks," said Stuart Shepherd, president of KUKA Robotics Corporation. ...more

KUKA Robotics announces release of KUKA.PalletTech Software version 3.5 for palletizing application development (05. Apr 2007)
The new version of the company’s industry leading palletizing software features enhanced capabilities for complicated robotic palletizing applications including augmented gripper support and multiple orientation pick up. ...more

KUKA robots avoid collisions (02. Nov 2006)
Together with the Institute for Process Technology and Robotics (IPR) at the University of Karlsruhe and the Gesellschaft für fortschrittliche Robotertechnologie (GFRT – Society for Advanced Robotics), KUKA Roboter has been honored with the “Invention and Entrepreneurship Award in Robotics and Automation”. ...more

Spotlight on the new KUKA KR 175 spot (23. Oct 2006)
KUKA Roboter GmbH offers a tour of the world of sheet and metal working in Hall 11, Booth B 44 at this year's EuroBLECH. The international flagship trade fair serves as an ideal platform for the company to present its brand new solution for spot welding: the KUKA KR 175 spot. ...more