From Lab to Factory Floor: KUKA Unveils ‘KUKA AMP’ at NVIDIA GTC 2026 as a Software Bridge to New Growth

Industrial robots have mastered repeatability, executing the same motion with precision. But as conditions change, adapting often demands additional configuration time, scarce expertise and fragmented tooling. “While ‘AI-first robotics’ can impress in laboratory settings, it often struggles to deliver consistent results in real-world production, where models must understand and generalize each environment and its evolution to achieve the repeatable precision industry demands. KUKA AMP addresses this challenge by standardizing how AI reasons, decides, and acts in the physical world”, says Marc Fleischmann, Chief Software & AI Officer at KUKA Group. KUKA AMP will standardize semantics, actions, and data across assets – making automation easier, scalable, predictable, and safe.

At the heart of KUKA AMP is a scalable platform layer that sits between AI agents and physical hardware. It provides three foundational capabilities that translate high level goals into safe, repeatable outcomes on real machines:

1. Semantics (the “so what”) – Intent-based operations with a shared semantic context that abstracts the real world into machine-understandable meaning. This lets AI reason about outcomes—rather than hardcoded device specifics.
2. Actions (the “how”) – A shared control interface with standardized action primitives so AI agents can safely execute intent consistently across different robots, AMRs, work cells and equipment.
3. Data (the “what”) – A structured, consistent telemetry pool that captures state and operational signals to drive continuous learning and closed loop optimization.

The unveiling of KUKA AMP at NVIDIA GTC marks a pivotal phase of technological transformation and reflects the company’s dedicated commitment to driving future growth. “We are actively shaping this next phase of automation. Building on decades of industrial expertise and a strong robotics and solutions heritage, we are seamlessly adding to deterministic automation (Automation 1.0) AI-first, intent-based automation (Automation 2.0)”, says Christoph Schell, CEO of KUKA Group.

Proven hardware capabilities within KUKA Robotics with more than 550.000 robots installed globally, having increased global market share and even moved to top two manufacturers worldwide. In China – the world’s largest robotics market – KUKA is in the TOP 3 and has a clear ambition to move into a leading market position during 2026. KUKA Group is extended through intelligent, software‑defined solutions, enriched by AI, orchestration, and digital layers. At the heart of this approach is the KUKA Automation Management Platform (AMP) bridging to new growth markets.