Kuka system controls multiple robots

Robots Kuka offers traditional industrial robots and cobots in a wide range of versions with various payload capacities and reaches. The company’s portfolio also includes peripheral equipment, including controllers, operating elements, software and end effectors.  

What’s new? Kuka’s iiQKA.OS2 operating system (OS), which allows operators to control all Kuka robots with one system using Kuka’s KR C5 and KR C5 micro controllers. The system has a “bring your own device” feature that allows users to connect a standard tablet via USB to intuitively program and operate robots through the OS’s interface, eliminating the need for Kuka’s teach pendant. When it introduced the OS earlier this year, Kuka said the functionality was intended to apply to small robots initially, with rollout of the OS expanding to large robots.  

Benefits Expanded functionality, enhanced user experience, streamlined workflows, and ease and flexibility of use. The scalable, customizable OS includes a complete virtual robot controller (VRC). The OS is artificial intelligence (AI)-capable and ready for the new ISO 10218:2025 robot safety standard. The OS enables the simulation of multiple robots and peripheral equipment, and the new user-interface allows users to easily integrate both virtual and real robot controllers. Because the OS makes using quicker and easier, users can reduce costs.  

Kuka Robotics Corp., Shelby Township, Mich., 586-465-8826, www.kuka.com