At a southern German automotive manufacturer, a KUKA KR 6 R900 sixx robot from the KR AGILUS series precisely picks up unsorted clutch discs out of wire baskets and transfers them to the honing machine for further processing. This is made possible by the transmission of coordinates via 3D vision sensor.

Artificial intelligence to automate demanding two-handed tasks - this is the idea that won a team of researchers from Leuven in Belgium the KUKA innovation competition worth 20,000 euros.

As easy to use as a smartphone: At Hannover Messe, KUKA presents the first look at its new operating system, iiQKA.OS, which will significantly simplify robot use.

Experts from KUKA and Webasto discussed the mobility of tomorrow in KUKA's digital press conference series "Join us for a coffee…". The focus was on intelligent automation in electromobility.

It is the proverbial thorn in the side of UK manufacturing: the skills gap – a fundamental discrepancy between the skills that employers require in their employees, and the skills that job seekers have.

A conversation about buying a robot is just the beginning for any manufacturer considering automated processes.

As general contractor, KUKA was responsible for the AGV system integration in the entire body shop: from the development of the safety concept, through planning, engineering, simulation and project management. A milestone was set in the AGV supported production of vehicle bodies.

KUKA is supplying the Irish Louth & Meath Education and Training Board with a series of training robots for the new, state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre of Excellence (AMTCE). The center will be the largest vocational training facility of its kind in Europe.

A Munich therapy center uses a medical product with an integrated KUKA robot as a high-precision instrument in tumor treatment. The CyberKnife^® system of Accuray, a kind of virtual knife, is an alternative to conventional radiotherapy.

The winners of the KUKA Innovation Award 2020 have been announced: An Italian research team convinced the jury with its innovative concept for a non-invasive surgical procedure using state-of-the-art technology. The innovation award comes with a 20,000 euro prize.