KUKA Robotics Corp.
Type	private (Subsidiary of KUKA Roboter GmbH)
Founded	1996 in USA, 1896 in Germany,
Headquarters	Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany Clinton Township, Michigan, USA
Industry	Automation
Products	Industrial robots
Parent	KUKA Roboter GmbH, Germany
Website	www.kuka-robotics.com

KUKA Robotics and its German parent company KUKA is one of the world's leading manufacturers of industrial robots and automation systems for a variety of industries - from automotive and fabricated metals to food and plastics. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Augsburg is an independent City in the south-west of Bavaria. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Charter Township of Clinton, usually referred to as Clinton Township, is a Charter township of Macomb County Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" Automation ( Ancient Greek: = self dictated) roboticization or industrial automation or Numerical control is the use of Control systems In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need An industrial robot is officially defined by ISO as an automatically controlled reprogrammable multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes. A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages An industrial robot is officially defined by ISO as an automatically controlled reprogrammable multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes. Automation ( Ancient Greek: = self dictated) roboticization or industrial automation or Numerical control is the use of Control systems The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles The M acro E xpansion T emplate A ttribute L anguage complements TAL, providing macros which allow the reuse of code across Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products KUKA was founded in 1898 in Augsburg, Germany as Keller und Knappich Augsburg. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Augsburg is an independent City in the south-west of Bavaria. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The company name comes from the initials of its founders, Keller and Knappich. The KUKA Group is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (M-DAX index).

KUKA Industrial robots are used by GM, Chrysler, Ford, Porsche, BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Ferrari, Harley-Davidson or Boeing, Siemens, IKEA, Swarovski, Wal-Mart, Nestle, Budweiser and Coca-Cola and many others. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Porsche SE or Porsche ( German, ˈpɔɹʃə is a German manufacturer of automobiles which is majority-owned by the Porsche and Piëch ( BMW) (Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer founded in 1916 AUDI AG, ( Xetra: NSU commonly known as Audi (aˈʊdi is a German Automobile manufacturer which produces Audi branded cars with headquarters Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury Automobiles Buses coaches and Trucks It is currently a division of the Ferrari SpA is an Italian Sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy Harley-Davidson Motor Company ( formerly HDI is an American manufacturer of Motorcycles based in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The Boeing Company is a major Aerospace and defense corporation originally founded by William E IKEA is a privately-held international home products retailer that sells flat pack Furniture, accessories bathrooms and kitchens at retail stores around the world Swarovski is the luxury Brand name for the range of precision-cut Lead crystal Glass and related products produced by companies owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores Nestlé is a multinational packaged food company founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland Budweiser is an American-style lager and is one of the most popular beers in the United States. Coca-Cola is a carbonated Soft drink sold in stores restaurants and Vending machines in more than 200 countries

KUKA has subsidiaries and robot integrators in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile and also serves customers throughout Europe (Germany, France, Italy, UK, Spain, Portugal . The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the . . ) and Asia (Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, India . . . ).

Robotics Product Highlights

In 1973 KUKA built its first industrial robot, known as FAMULUS. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. This was the world's first robot with six electromechanically driven axes. In Engineering, electromechanics combines the Sciences of Electromagnetism of Electrical engineering and mechanics. In mechanics, degrees of freedom (DOF are the set of independent displacements and/or rotations that specify completely the displaced or deformed position and orientation Today the company’s 4 and 6 axis robots range from 3 kg to 1000 kg payloads, and 350 mm to 3700 mm reach, SCARAs, palletizers, gantry and articulated robots, all controlled from a common PC based controller platform. The SCARA acronym stands for Selective Compliant Assembly Robot Arm or Selective Compliant Articulated Robot Arm.

KUKA robots welding a car body in the white section of a production line.

KUKA's robot products are most commonly used in factories, for welding, handling, palletizing, packaging, processing or other automation tasks, but also in hospitals, for brain surgery and radiography. A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial Building where workers manufacture goods A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating those central, Peripheral nervous system and spinal column diseases amenable to surgical For medical radiography see Radiology Radiography is the use of X-rays to view unseen or hard-to-image objects

In 2001 KUKA developed the Robocoaster, which is the world’s first passenger-carrying industrial robot. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The robot provides a roller coaster-like motion sequence to its two passengers; the ride is programmable. The roller coaster is a popular Amusement ride developed for Amusement parks and modern Theme parks LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first The Robocoaster is currently being developed to travel along a track, to create flat rides, Roller coasters and other such themepark and amusement rides that move along a defined pathway

In 2007, KUKA developed the KR1000 "Titan", the first industrial robot with a capacity of 1000 KG. The roller coaster is a popular Amusement ride developed for Amusement parks and modern Theme parks LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first Theme park is the generic term for a collection of rides and other Entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and usually entertaining events or situations and is associated with Enjoyment, It has a reach of 3. 2 meters.

Trivia

• After a KUKA demonstration for the producers of the 2002 James Bond movie Die Another Day, the filmmakers added a scene in which Halle Berry fights laser-firing KUKA robot arms. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Die Another Day is a 2002 film the 20th in the James Bond series, and the fourth and final film to star Pierce Brosnan as fictional MI6 Halle Maria Berry (ˈhæli ˈbɛri born August 14 1966 is an Academy Award - Emmy Award - and Golden Globe -winning American actress former

• KUKA robots appeared in 2003 in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life and more recently in the Thunderbirds (2005) and The Da Vinci Code movies (2006). Lara Croft Tomb Raider The Cradle of Life is a 2003 Action film directed by Jan de Bont, and starring Angelina Jolie as Thunderbirds is a 2004 Science fiction - Adventure film based upon the television series of the same name of the 1960s directed The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 Feature film, which is based on the bestselling 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  

• The KUKA Chair of Robotics (Prof. Henrik Christensen) at the Georgia Institute of Technology is one source of KUKA's future robotics developments. The Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines ( RIM@GT) is a interdisciplinary research unit at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Arc welding robots	Loading Toolingmachine	Robots palletizing food (Bakery)	Manufacturing of steel bridges, cutting steel
Flat-glas handling, heavy duty robot with 1. 000 kg payload	Automation in foundry industry, heat resistant robot	Industrial robots engaged in vehicle underbody assembly	Two KUKA robots. In front is shown a 6-axis articulated robot; behind it is a 4-axis palletizer

References

• History of KUKA Industrial Robots. In mechanics, degrees of freedom (DOF are the set of independent displacements and/or rotations that specify completely the displaced or deformed position and orientation An articulated robot is a robot with Rotary joints (eg a Legged robot) Web page accessed 27 November 2007. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
• Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language wikipedia article.
• Robocoaster details come from the KUKA Robocoaster website
• Wiki CAEX page
• Wiki Georgia Institute of Technology page

External links

• KUKA Robotics Corp. (USA)
• Overview of KUKA Industrial Robots
• KUKA Flexible Production Systems Corp. (USA)
• KUKA Robot Integrators and System Builders(USA)