25TH ANNIVERSARY The way it was...


From garbage trucks and typewriters to a robotic automation powerhouse, KUKA AG recently celebrated its 125th anniversary, alongside the 50th anniversary of KUKA Robotics. Neil Mead, Head of Regional Marketing – EMEA & LATAM at KUKA Robotics looks at why the company has become known as the #HomeofRobotik


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UKA began when founders Johann Josef Keller and Jakob Knappich opened an acetylene gas plant in Augsburg,


 operation of domestic and street lighting.  a drastic fall in prices for acetylene gas, and in 1905 Keller und Knappich extended  oxyacetylene welding.


Keller and Knappich used a telegram


 formed from the initial letters of ‘Keller und Knappich Augsburg’, and the KUKA brand was born. From World War I onwards, the  from the defence industry. This was   in 1927 and the launch of the Augsburg Princess briefcase format typewriter in  automatic welding systems. Then, 51 years  six-axis industrial robot called FAMULUS.  changing, to emerge stronger with  KUKA is still successful in business today,  


Shaping the future KUKA has grown to become one of the world’s largest suppliers of robotics  the company has become a real success story: what started out as a small team of     installed robots worldwide. KUKA is helping to shape the future


  


58 May 2024 | Automation


ups, as well as professional   as an accelerator for ideas.   promotes the transfer of technology from research to industry.    


Smart solutions   and digitalisation know-how     cells, turnkey production facilities and smart software solutions. Despite growing to become a large multinational company    customers. It is so important that we can rely on each other, whether that’s between  integrators or our end user customers.


KUKA engineers began working on industrial robots in 1970. The result was the ‘FAMULUS’, the first six-axis industrial robot


 from the start of robotic and automation  support.


For manufacturing companies, costs and


Service and support   implementation of robotic automation  longstanding customer relationships.  support, from initial simulation through  extension.   organisation in recent years. Our digital tools and platforms including my.KUKA, Marketplace, Xpert, KUKA.Sim, iiQoT and


 costs at three or four-times their customary  shortage of skilled labour, the current economic conditions are particularly hard. On top of this, industry must decarbonise  adds extra pressure.


  companies seeking new technology solutions that perhaps they once saw as costly or outside their operating comfort zone when conditions were more benign. Contact KUKA today to discuss how  robotic automation solutions can support your business as we welcome you into the #HomeofRobotik.


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