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Revision as of 13:32, 30 March 2006 by 62.171.194.5 (talk) (→Product highlights)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Founded in 1898 in Augsburg, Germany as Keller und Knappich Augsburg, KUKA Roboter GmbH is one of the two large European industrial robot companies (the other one being ABB, of Sweden). KUKA Robotics is the North American subsidiary of the German company, which has a partnership with Transbotics. The company name comes from the initials of its founders, Keller and Knappich.
Product highlights
In 1973 KUKA built its first industrial robot, known as FAMULUS. This was the first robot with six electromechanically driven axes.
KUKA's robot products are most commonly used in factories, for welding, handling, palletizing or other automation tasks, but also in hospitals, for brain surgery and radiography.
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
Trivia
- In the James Bond movie Die Another Day (2002), the laser-carrying robots starring alongside Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry are KUKA industrial robots.
References
- Bauer, Andreas. 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.