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The specialty at Stela is the high level of vertical integration. The company especially manufactures the highly stressed components such as the centrifugal fans for the fan wheels itself. © Kuka Robotics

Cell research with staying power

27. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Gas-shielded welding with the appropriate industrial welding robots is now also brought together by Kuka in intelligent, modular cell concepts. Welding is a fine art in plant engineering. Stela Laxhuber, […]

At the SmartFactoryOWL in Lemgo, Fraunhofer IOSB-INA is conducting research together with partners on the industrial data economy of tomorrow. © Kuka

The smartest cup in Germany

27. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Exploiting the potential of artificial intelligence: This is the goal of a cooperative of ten partners initiated by Fraunhofer IOSB-INA. The basis for this: data from a real laboratory. In […]

Volkswagen's second all-electric vehicle - the ID.4 - goes into series production. Numerous Kuka robots and linear traversing units are involved in the construction. © Kuka

More than 1700 Kuka robots for VW

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Volkswagen starts production of its second all-electric vehicle after the ID.3, the ID.4. In Zwickau, up to 300,000 e-vehicles from the Volkswagen, Audi and Seat brands are to be produced […]

Robots for Czech teaching facility

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Due to very good experiences in the joint past, the Czech Technical University Prague is expanding its range of Kuka robots. The order is the largest institutional investment in […]

Intelligent intralogistics: 16 additional KMP 1500 ensure flexible material flow at BMW. © Kuka Group

Driverless transport system for BMW

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Kuka integrierte Anfang 2020 erfolgreich ein fahrerloses Transportsystem im Karosseriebau. Ziel war es, maximale Flexibilität auf einem beschränkten Footprint zu erreichen. Mittels künstlicher Intelligenz steuert die Leitsteuerung Kuka AIVI die fahrerlosen […]

Kuka robots in the body shop © Kuka Group

Major order from the very top

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

In the third quarter, Kuka was able to convince with the award of a major contract from a German premium car manufacturer. Kuka received the order from […]

Safe loading and unloading with the KS Rackchanger from Kuka © Kuka Systems

Large order for car body construction

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWN) is focusing on electromobility and is launching the ID. Buzz is taking its classic, the Bulli, on the road as an all-electric variant. Kuka has […]

Peter Mohnen’s term of office extended early

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

The Supervisory Board of Kuka Aktiengesellschaft has decided to prematurely appoint CEO Peter Mohnen as Chairman of the Management Board until 2024. Chief Financial Officer Andreas Pabst will join Midea’s […]

Peter Mohnen, CEO of Kuka AG: "We will continue to focus on our vision for the coming years. We will strengthen Kuka as a global player, make automation available to everyone and conquer new areas and new markets. The signs are good for this, our topics are more in demand than ever.

Positive outlook despite Corona

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

At the virtual Annual General Meeting of Kuka Aktiengesellschaft, the shareholders ratified the actions of the Management Board and Supervisory Board. After the Corona crisis year, CEO Peter Mohnen gave […]

Recovery trends after the Corona standstill

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Following the slump in the economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic in the first half of the year, there were initial signs of recovery at Kuka in the third […]