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Dr. Olaf Munkelt, co-founder and Managing Director of MVTec Software, is the new Chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association. He succeeds Dr. Dietmar Ley, former CEO of Basler, who stepped down from the board for statutory reasons.

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Kuka has founded a new business division. With 'Kuka Digital', the Augsburg-based company known for its orange industrial robots and automation solutions is expanding its software and digital business.

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A user-friendly cobot application for small and medium-sized companies that can be used without programming - a team of researchers from Belgium received the Kuka Innovation Award 2024 for this concept.

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The 'KR Fortec' from Kuka is an energy-efficient and dynamic heavy-duty robot that can be used in particular for tasks such as handling and spot welding.

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New technological developments lead the most-read articles in March. Motors that redefine energy saving, a plastic wheel that discovers the road, a new Ecolabel and, last but not least, the arrival of ChatGPT in the industry. Read for yourself.

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The 'Ligre' brand is conquering the consumer sector with the function of grinding coffee to the exact gram, which was previously reserved for coffee machines for the catering trade. Gronbach relied on Cobot support in the test setup for quality assurance of the grinder.

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Bosch Rexroth launched the automation platform ctrlX and the associated App Store in 2019. The App Store now has 90 partners with over 60 apps. The partner companies currently cover more than 150 use cases.

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Robot systems play a decisive role in overcoming current challenges such as demographic change and the shortage of skilled workers, says Andreas Röhring from Kuka. He talks about this and about resilience and adaptability as a recipe for success in this interview.

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Kuka is expanding its range of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) with the mobile cobot 'KMR iisy' and the mobile platform 'KMP 1500P'.

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Simple automation with robotics and artificial intelligence: with this concept, the Jarvis research team won the Kuka Innovation Award 2023, which was endowed with 20,000 euros and focused on the simple operation and maximum flexibility of robots.

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umati enables networked machines to communicate with each other across manufacturers. The special show "Connected Machines - umati@automatica" shows how this works.

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Kuka won more orders in the past financial year than ever before. At 4,459.5 million euros, the company achieved the highest order intake in its history, an increase of 25.1% compared to the previous year (2021: 3,565.3 million euros).

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The robots in Kuka's KR Fortec ultra family are designed for the heavy payload range from 480 to 800 kg.

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Kuka can look back on the first six months of 2022 with satisfaction: At a good 2.5 billion euros, incoming orders are 34.8% above the previous year's figure. Sales revenue also increased by 13.5% to around 1.7 billion euros.

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Kuka Systems and FlexFactory have launched a strategic cooperation to jointly offer pay-on-production. The aim of the cooperation is to offer customers adaptable production capacities that are booked as a service.

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The robotics industry meets at Automatica in Munich and showcases the latest trends and topics relating to the mechanical helpers. Included: megatrends such as digital transformation, artificial intelligence, sustainable production and man and machine.

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Kuka has completely redesigned the KR Quantec PA, which is now being launched in its second generation with optimized weight and centre of gravity as well as improved drive technology.

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After strong growth in 2021, Kuka plans to invest 800 million euros in research and development by 2025. The new iiQKA robot operating system is already being used by the first companies.

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Five years after the takeover of the Augsburg-based robot manufacturer Kuka, the Chinese investor Midea wants to delist the German company from the stock exchange. A so-called squeeze-out process has been initiated, Kuka announced on Tuesday.

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The Managing Director of Hahn Automation, Frank Konrad, is the new Chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association. He succeeds Wilfried Eberhardt from Kuka.

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Kuka reports the second-highest order intake in the company's history for the first half of 2021. Robotics sales in particular are impressive.

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German automation companies have used their vision to achieve technological leadership and have had a far-sighted influence on a wide range of industries. This development is also reflected in the top 5 videos from the first half of the year.

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At an extraordinary meeting, the Kuka Supervisory Board appointed Alexander Tan as a member of the Executive Board. On July 1, 2021, he took over the position of Chief Financial Officer.

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Kuka realizes a fully automated test system for end-of-line testing of the current eDrive generation.

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New standard, new app store, new security vulnerability - what do these three points have in common? They are among the most-read articles in June! In addition, an unusual human-robot interaction caused quite a stir.

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An industrial robot is one of the main actors in a piece at the Staatstheater Augsburg, which audiences watch as a 360-degree production from home using virtual reality glasses. Man and machine dance together on the virtual ballet stage.

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An industrial robot is one of the main actors in a play at the Staatstheater Augsburg, which audiences can watch from home as a 360-degree production using virtual reality goggles. Man and machine dance together on the virtual ballet stage.

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Kuka's Supervisory Board has decided to appoint CEO Peter Mohnen as Chairman of the Executive Board ahead of schedule until 2024. His term of office will thus be extended by a further three years as of July 1, 2021.

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Flexibility and modularity play a role in the most-read articles in April - be it in industrial 5G applications, robot programming and control or the app store for industry. Read for yourself!

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Kuka closed the first quarter of 2021 with significant growth. Despite the still dynamic coronavirus situation, many customers made up for postponed projects.

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Automated machine tools are the future of production. Robots play a decisive role here, and with them the grippers.

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Artificial intelligence to automate demanding two-handed tasks - with this idea, a team of researchers from Leuven, Belgium, won the innovation competition with prize money of 20,000 euros.

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Intuitive, fast and powerful - this is how Kuka describes its future operating system iiQKA.OS. It is intended to greatly simplify robot use and serve as the basis for an entire ecosystem.

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Intuitive, fast and powerful - this is how Kuka describes its future operating system iiQKA.OS. It is intended to greatly simplify the use of robots and serve as the basis for an entire ecosystem.

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Like the overall market Kuka felt the massive impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Although there were slight signs of recovery in the third quarter of 2020, these could not compensate for the slumps in the first half of the year and the fourth quarter.

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Like the market as a whole, Kuka also felt the massive impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Although there were slight signs of recovery in the third quarter of 2020, these were unable to compensate for the slumps in the first half of the year and the fourth quarter.

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In Infineon's semiconductor production facility in Villach, 17 sensitive lightweight robots from Kuka ensure greater efficiency and safety in the production of the highly fragile wafers in a safe interaction between man and machine.

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At Infineon's semiconductor production facility in Villach, 17 sensitive lightweight robots from Kuka work safely together with humans and machines to ensure greater efficiency and safety in the manufacture of highly fragile wafers.

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How can robots be used outside of production? This is what Kuka is researching in collaboration with the BMBF, the German Sport University and RWTH Aachen University. The RoboGym shows how it can look in reality.

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How can robots be used outside of production? Kuka is researching this in collaboration with the BMBF, the German Sport University and RWTH Aachen University. The RoboGym shows what it can look like in reality.

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The world's first chocolate and praline robot from Kuka is at Zotter in Riegersburg, Austria. Visitors can watch it live at work.

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Time Sensitive Networking - TSN for short - is in the process of establishing itself as a real-time Ethernet standard. What is the state of play in the industry? As part of the "3 questions for ..." series, we asked experts from companies about this.

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The plant manufacturer has been commissioned with the planning, delivery, assembly and commissioning of a fully automated body shop for the underbody of the all-electric ID-Buzz.

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At 752.4 million euros, Kuka's order intake was 20.4% higher than in the same period of the previous year. CEO Mohnen nevertheless warns of "challenging months".

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Kuka reports a growing order intake in the third quarter: at 752.4 million euros, it was 20.4% higher than in the same period of the previous year. However, CEO Mohnen warns of "challenging months".

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Until now, the transport of wafers from one workstation to the next with the help of robots has been hampered by the lack of precision with which mobile robots move and grip. A solution from Kuka and Cognex aims to change this.

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Kuka is feeling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, as the recently published figures for the second quarter of 2020 show. The project business continues to be particularly affected.

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Kuka is feeling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, with the project business particularly affected. This is now reflected in the business figures for the first half of 2020.

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The automation specialist Kuka and the IT service provider T-Systems are entering into a partnership. The aim is to make companies fit for digitalization.

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The development of electromobility is being driven by the automotive industry. The supplier Webasto reacts and enters the production of battery systems. Kuka supplies the production system for this.

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