KUKA is an international automation group with sales exceeding €4 billion and approximately 15,000 employees. The company specializes in robotics, plant manufacturing, and system technology, offering a comprehensive range of products and services for industrial automation. KUKA operates in over 100 locations worldwide, serving industries such as automotive, electronics, consumer goods, metalworking, logistics, e-commerce, and healthcare. Renowned for its innovative solutions, KUKA integrates cutting-edge technologies to enhance efficiency and flexibility in manufacturing processes.
The latest generation of electrified drives is produced at the Dingolfing site in Germany, the BMW Group competence center for e-drive production. Here, KUKA implemented a fully automated test system for testing up to eight different drive variants. For more than 35 years, KUKA has been successfully integrating assembly and test systems for the automotive industry internationally and optimizing their production through efficient automation solutions.
At KUKA, we understand technology. We understand manufacturing and the business case for investing in automation, but we cannot be masters of everything.
For seven years now, KUKA has been supporting BACA Systems with innovative robotic solutions in the stone cutting industry. The cooperation is now being expanded with a new order: the US company has ordered 100 KUKA robots.
Automation specialist KUKA presents the new version of its smart simulation software: KUKA.Sim 4.0 With KUKA.Sim 4.0, details and sequences of robot applications can be realistically simulated even before start-up and then transferred 100 percent to the real controller.
Man and machine dance together on a virtual ballet stage: A KUKA industrial robot is one of the main actors in this unusual piece at the Staatstheater Augsburg. The 360-degree production is watched by the audience from home using virtual reality glasses.
At the virtual Annual General Meeting of the KUKA Group, shareholders approved the actions of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board. After the COVID-19 crisis year, CEO Peter Mohnen gave a positive outlook for the first half of 2021.