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

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. KUKA Industrial robots are used by GM, Chrysler, Ford, Porsche, BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Harley-Davidson or Boeing, Siemens, IKEA, Wal-Mart, Nestle, Budweiser and Coca-Cola and many others. Image File history File links KUKA_robots_in_car_production. ... An industrial robot is officially defined by ISO[1] as an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes. ... Car redirects here. ... For alternative meanings see metal (disambiguation). ... The term plastics covers a range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic condensation or polymerization products that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or fibers. ... General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is an American automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ... The Chrysler Corporation was an American automobile manufacturer that existed independently from 1925–1998. ... Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker based on vehicle sales in 2005. ... Dr. Ing. ... BMW AG (an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works Corporation), is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... Audi is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Logo on a 2003 Harley Davidson The Harley-Davidson Motor Company (NYSE: HDI) is a manufacturer of motorcycles based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is an aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. ... Siemens AG (FWB:SIE, NYSE: SI) is the worlds largest electronics company. ... IKEA is a privately held international low cost home furnishings retailer. ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ... Nestlé S.A. or Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. (SWX:NESN), headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, is the worlds biggest food and beverage company. ... British Budweiser label showing the companys sponsorship of the 2006 FIFA World Cup The packaging plant at the Anheuser-Busch headquarters in St. ... The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ...

KUKA has regional locations and robotics integrators in the U.S. (Transbotics), Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile and also serves customers throughout Europe (Germany, France, Italy, UK, Spain, ...) and Asia (China, Korea, Taiwan, ...). For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Transbotics Corporation Transbotics Corporation is a publicly held corporation specializing in tailor-made Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) integrated into a total automation solution. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven continents of the Earth. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ...

KUKA was founded in 1898 in Augsburg, Germany as Keller und Knappich Augsburg. The company name comes from the initials of its founders, Keller and Knappich. 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ...

Robotics Product Highlights

Two KUKA industrial robot models. In front is shown a 6-axis articulated robot; behind it is a 4-axis palletizer.

In 1973 KUKA built its first industrial robot, known as FAMULUS. This was the world´s first robot with six electromechanically driven axes. Today the company’s 4 and 6 axis robots range from 3 kg to 570 kg payloads, and 350 mm to 3700 mm reach, SCARAs, palletizers, gantry and articulated robots, all controlled from a common PC based controller platform. Image File history File links Subject: Industrial Robots for welding,handling or palletizing from KUKA Robotics. ... In mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering and robotics, degrees of freedom (DOF) describes flexibility of motion. ... Articulated robots can range from simple 2 jointed structures to systems with 10 or more interacting joints. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... In engineering, electromechanics combines electromagnetism and mechanics. ... In mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering and robotics, degrees of freedom (DOF) describes flexibility of motion. ...

• Overwiew of KUKA Industrial Robots

KUKA's robot products are most commonly used in factories, for welding, handling, palletizing, packaging, prozessing or other automation tasks, but also in hospitals, for brain surgery and radiography. A factory worker in 1940s Fort Worth, Texas. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating the central and peripheral nervous system. ... Radiography is the creation of images by exposing a photographic film or other image receptor to X-rays. ...

In 2001 KUKA developed the Robocoaster, which is the world’s first passenger-carrying industrial robot. The robot provides a roller coaster-like motion sequence to its two passengers; the ride is programmable. 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 This article is about the year 2001. ... A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... Six Flags New England, an amusement park in Springfield, Massachusetts. ... Amusement, Viktor Vasnetsov Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and usually entertaining events or situations, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure. ...

Trivia

James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) and Jinx (Halle Berry) meet in Cuba, industrial KUKA robots help them to defeat their enemies

• When Goldfinger, the third James Bond movie, opened in 1964, most people had never heard of a laser. The studio is today no doubt proud of some classic lines in that scene: "Choose your next witticism carefully, Mr. Bond, it may be your last"; and Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?"; Goldfinger: "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die."

The laser scene in the James Bond movie Die Another Day (2002), is a homage to Goldfinger (1964). But now the laser is automated. The laser-carrying robots starring alongside Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry are KUKA industrial robots. After a KUKA demonstration for the producers of the 2002 James Bond flick Die Another Day, the filmmakers added a scene in which Halle Berry fights laser-firing KUKA robot arms. Image File history File links Dad2002. ... Image File history File links Dad2002. ... The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond 007 is a fictional British agent [1] created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952. ... Die Another Day is the twentieth James Bond film made by EON Productions and the fourth and final film to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Flemings James Bond. ... Pierce Brendan Brosnan (Honorary) OBE (born May 16, 1953) is an Irish actor and producer, who also has United States citizenship. ... Halle Maria Berry (born August 14, 1966[1] in Cleveland, Ohio) is an Emmy, Golden Globe, Golden Raspberry and Academy Award-winning American actress and former fashion model and beauty queen. ...

KUKA robots appeared in 2003 in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life and more recently in Thunderbirds (film) (2005) and The Da Vinci Code (2006). Tomb Raider is a video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. ... Movie Poster for Thunderbirds Spoiler warning: Thunderbirds is a Universal Pictures release based upon the Thunderbirds television series of the 1960s, directed by Jonathan Frakes. ... This article is about the novel. ...

References

• History of KUKA Industrial Robots. Web page accessed 15:33, 18 September 2005.
• Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language wikipedia article.

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External links

English language

• KUKA Robotics Corp. (USA)
• KUKA Australia (Australia)
• KUKA Automation + Robotics (UK)
• KUKA Robotics India (India)

• Robocoaster

Other languages

• KUKA de México (Mexico)
• KUKA Sistemas de Automatización S.A (Spain)
• KUKA Automatisme + Robotique SAS (France)
• KUKA Roboter GmbH (Germany)
• KUKA Roboter Italia S.p.A. (Italy)
• KUKA Flexible Manufacturing Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.(China)
• KUKA Robot Automation Korea Co., Ltd.(South Korea)
• KUKA Industrial Robots (international - English, French, Spanish, German)