KUKA is a global automation corporation with sales of around 2.6 billion euro and roughly 14,000 employees. The company is headquartered in Augsburg, Germany. As one of the world’s leading suppliers of intelligent automation solutions, KUKA offers customers everything they need from a single source: from robots and cells to fully automated systems and their networking in markets such as automotive, electronics, metal & plastic, consumer goods, e-commerce/retail and healthcare.
KUKA stands for innovation in automation. As a leading supplier of industrial robots and automated production solutions throughout Europe, KUKA and its products are directly involved in the fourth industrial revolution – Industrie 4.0. It is only with high-performance, efficient, flexible and above all safe production systems that automation concepts can be created which offer prospects for the future and take account of the needs of production employees.
Even today, KUKA has already achieved important building blocks for implementing Industrie 4.0:
- Safe robot systems for human-robot collaboration
- Mobility with integrated navigation
- Modular control for connecting to the world of IT
Furthermore, KUKA is working with customers and partners on business models for the utilization and implementation of Industrie 4.0.
