KUKA, the Augsburg robot maker owned by China’s Midea Group since 2017, builds the orange arms you see welding and lifting on factory lines. Almost all of them are six-axis machines in which every joint has its own motor and gearbox, coordinated by one controller, with payloads from 3 kg to 1,300 kg. Its LBR iiwa cobot adds torque sensors in all seven joints, and KUKA’s next step, which it calls Automation 2.0, aims to let AI work out a task from a goal.
How KUKA’s Orange Robot Arms Actually Work
