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KUKA – from Industrial to Service Robotics

KUKA – from Industrial to Service Robotics. Dr. Johannes Kurth Head of Research & Predevelopment Dr. Tim Guhl Project Manager Cooperative Research Projects KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, Germany Sr. Miquel López Director Técnico KUKA Robots Ibérica, S. A. Overview. Introduction

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KUKA – from Industrial to Service Robotics

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  1. KUKA – from Industrial to Service Robotics Dr. Johannes Kurth Head of Research & PredevelopmentDr. Tim Guhl Project Manager Cooperative Research Projects KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, Germany Sr. Miquel López Director Técnico KUKA Robots Ibérica, S. A.

  2. Overview • Introduction • KUKA Roboter GmbH • Industrial Robots and their applications • Innovation leadership • KUKA on the way from Industrial to Service Robotics • Strategy • KUKA Products for Research & Education • KUKA Lightweight Robot + FRI • youBot • Medical Robots • KUKA Products for Entertainment • Robocoaster • Summary and conclusions

  3. KUKA Robotics Robots Controllers Applications Service Software Platforms

  4. KUKA Robotics – Product range

  5. KUKA Robotics – Automotive Leading supplier to the Automotive industry • Long-standing customer relationships • Ability to customize standard products • Joint solution developments • Innovation leadership • Market leadership • Technological innovation and cost reduction drive customer demand

  6. KUKA Robotics – Automotive Deburring Cutting Assembly Coating & bonding Machine tending Measuring & testing Machining Handling Welding Spot welding Palletizing & order picking Polishing & grinding

  7. KUKA Robotics – General Industry Electronic products Aerospace Entertainment Beverages Chemical & plastics Glass, ceramics & mineral products Metal products Logistics Food Medical Milling & Deburring Wood & furniture Mining Testing Print & paper

  8. KUKA – Worldwide Presence • KUKA Roboter GmbH, Germany • KUKA Automatisme + Robotique S.A.S., France • KUKA Roboter Italia S.p.A., Italy • KUKA Roboter Schweiz AG, Switzerland • KUKA Robotics Hungária Ipari Kft., Hungary • KUKA Roboter do Brasil Ltda., Brasil • KUKA de Méxiko S. de R.L. de C.V., Mexiko • KUKA Robotics Corp., USA • KUKA Robot Automation Korea Co. Ltd., Korea • KUKA Robot Automation Taiwan Co. Ltd.., Taiwan • KUKA Robot Automation Sdn. Bhd. South East Asia Regional Office, Malaysia • KUKA Robot Automation (M) Sdn. Bhd., Thailand • KUKA Roboter GmbH Österreich, Austria • KUKA Sistemas de Automatización, Portugal • KUKA Robots IBÉRICA, S.A., Spain • KUKA Automatisering + Robots N.V., Belgium • KUKA Flexible Manufacturing Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., China • KUKA Sveiseanlegg + Roboter, Norway • KUKA Svetsanläggningar + Robotar AB, Sweden • KUKA Automation + Robotics, United Kingdom • KUKA Robotics (India) Private Limited • KUKA Robotics Japan • KUKA Robotics Rus OOO, Russia • Agencies in: Argentina, Australia, Chile and South Africa

  9. KUKA Robotics – Innovation leadership First First First First Electromagnetic Robot with six axes: „Famulus“ Long-Range Robot Heavy payload Robot Entertainment Robot Light-Weight Robot First First First Co-Operative Robots Single-arm Robot without parallelogram Robot remote diagnostics via Internet First First First First Robot Titan (1,000 kg) Real time PC based Robot controller Safe Robots Integration of Soft PLC 1973 1985 1996 1998 1999 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

  10. KUKA innovations @ • Societal challengesbusiness opportunities for KUKA • New product generation: • new family of robot arms: QUANTEC series • new robot controller: KRC4 • new tech pendant: smartPAD • new engineering tool: KUKA Work.Visual • Automation becomes easy • Easy to plan. Easy to integrate. Easy to operate. • Easy to maintain. Easy to adapt to specific requirements. • New dimension of flexibility for manufacturing companies. • Automation becomes green • Automation becomes safe www.automation-becomes-easy.com

  11. Entertainment Medicine Food Logistics Robots for General Industry and Professional Services KUKA on the way from Industrial to Service Robotics Production Assistant: work space sharing with worker, flexibly relocatable, safe, intuitive operation PersonalRobots www.smerobot.org Robots as multipurpose tools for manufacturing SMEs Robots for Automotive Industry Today Future

  12. KUKA Products for Research & Education • KUKA Lightweight Robot • Fast Research Interface • youBot

  13. Technical data – Mechanics LWR4+ Payload: 7 kg Weight: 16 kg Max. joint velocity: 112.5°/s - 180°/s Number of axes: 7 (R* – K* – R – K – R – K – R) Reach: vertical: 1100 mm / horizontal: 790 mm Supply: 48 V DC internal, 115/230 V AC external with automatic switch Repeatability: ± 0.05 mm Mounting position: floor, wall, ceiling * R = Rotation around longitudinal axis K = Rotation around transverse axis

  14. Innovative features of the KUKA Lightweight Robot gravity compensation kinematic redundancy programmable damping programmable stiffness

  15. FRI Fast Research Interface (FRI) purpose: • to remotely control the LWR • to enable researchers to combine their own control algorithms and peripherals with the unique features of the LWR(researchers can focus on their research!) • Cyclic timeframe: range 1 - 100 ms examples: • DLR: connect LWR to haptic input device • TUM: mobile dual handed manipulation • KUL: peer-to-peer haptics

  16. youBot – Desktop Mobile Manipulator for Education and Research youBot arm & gripper youBot platform • 4 KUKA omniWheels • length: 580 mm • width: 360 mm • weight: 20 kg • payload: 20 kg • steel structure • 24 Volts • 5 axes • 2-finger gripper • height: 655 mm • mass: 7 kg • payload: 0.5 kg • magnesium cast • 24 Volts youBot system with 2 arms youBot System with 1 arm

  17. Development KUKA Roboter GmbH / Siemens AG Medical Solutions Absolute positioning KUKA robot – Sub-millimeter accuracy required Standard SafeRDC – Safe operation Unprecedented accessibility KUKA Medical Robots

  18. KUKA Medical Robots – Med AX Application • Innovative angiography and cardiologysystem • Angiography is a medical imaging technique in which an X-ray picture is taken to visualize the inner opening of blood filled structures, including arteries, veins and the heart chambers. • The Robot holds the C-arm incl. tube, collimator and detector and moves it according to the control commands.

  19. KUKA Medical Robots – Med PT Application • Particle Therapy • Handling of C-Arc & Patient Positioning by robots • Particle therapy is a form of external beam radiotherapy using beams of protons and carbon ionics • The robot guides a patient couch relatively to an particle beam. The couch can be positioned in relation to the acquired X-ray-data coordinates.

  20. Sub-millimeter accuracy requirements of full body radiosurgery System offers unprecedented accessibility to tumors anywhere in the body The KUKA robot guides a linac to treat tumours with X-Ray beam. The linac can be positioned highly flexible by the robot. Respiratory guided robot movements guaranties lower dose application. KUKA Medical Robots – Accuray Cyberknife

  21. 1st BRICS Research Camp • Task: • identify best practice algorithms, e.g.:Mobile Manipulation incl. inverse kinematics,3D Perception and Modelling, SLAM, … • Discuss re-use and openness of robotics software • Make sure everybody has a lot of fun and in the end also has a scientific benefit.

  22. Explanation of robot hardware – introduction into group work – 2010-10-25 2 cooperating LWRs(with OROCOS and FRI) Care-o-Bot withKUKA LWR 5 youBots with open interfaces(open source controller via EtherCAT) division into groups planning the group work detailed introduction

  23. Preliminary Results

  24. Summary and conclusions • KUKA Roboter is a well known supplier of Industrial Robots • Innovation leadership is KUKA’s strategy for success • Research & Predevelopment are very important for KUKA • KUKA is working closely together with leading Universities worldwide; bilateral and in cooperative research projects • KUKA offers interesting products for research & education • lightweight robots with Fast Research Interface • youBot • … • KUKA is always interested in getting to know highly qualified engineers like yourselves • Internships (Practica, Bachelor & Master thesis) • Full time positions

  25. KUKA - DLR

  26. Thank you for your attention! Questions? JohannesKurth@kuka-roboter.de TimGuhl@kuka-roboter.de miquel.lopez@kuka-e.com

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