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TMCNet:  Kuka Robotics Showcases Robotic Solutions at Automate 2013

[January 23, 2013]

Kuka Robotics Showcases Robotic Solutions at Automate 2013

Jan 23, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Kuka Robotics announced it will demonstrate the LWR lightweight robotic technology, in addition to the KR AGILUS small robot series at Automate 2013, the solutions-based showcase of automation technologies in North America.

According to a release, Kuka Robotics will showcase two LWR 4+, lightweight robots with 7 axis, 7kg payload capacities and weighs in at 16kg in total unit weight, demonstrating demanding assembly tasks requiring utmost precision, with a sensitive but powerful touch. It comes amazingly close to the motion sequences of the human arm. Through force-controlled surface following the operator can manually guide the robot to different positions in the workspace while controlling and teaching the LWR using the very simple user interface.

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