KUKA mentioned the mixture of the KUKA System Software program, know-how stacks, and the newest internet applied sciences affords new prospects. | Supply: KUKA
KUKA final week unveiled the iiQKA.OS2 working system. which it mentioned is scalable, customizable, and features a full digital robotic controller. The corporate claimed that its system is prepared for synthetic intelligence and the brand new ISO 10218:2025 industrial robotic security commonplace.
It additionally mentioned iiQKA.OS2 is “cyber-resilient,” making digital manufacturing future-proof. KUKA added {that a} robotic controller with the working system is simpler to make use of and extra accessible. That is due to mixture of a web-based consumer interface and the power to make use of one’s personal educate pendants or the KUKA smartPAD.
KUKA mentioned iiQKA.OS2 combines the confirmed core of its KUKA.SystemSoftware (KSS) and a contemporary consumer interface with modular security to satisfy automation necessities. The firm asserted that its many years of improvement expertise, a contemporary tech stack, and the newest internet applied sciences provide new prospects when it comes to performance, consumer expertise, and workflows.
KUKA engineering suite permits customization
iiQKA.OS2 cannot solely improve the effectivity of manufacturing automation but in addition simplify it, mentioned KUKA. The brand new iiQKA.UI web-based consumer interface and customizable utility modules permits corporations and manufacturing amenities of all sizes to combine each digital and actual robotic controllers. The corporate mentioned this consists of everybody from small and midsize companies (SMBs) to OEMs.
The portfolio additionally consists of sensible load knowledge evaluation, permits improvement of customer-specific software program packages, and gives complete simulation. Customers may make adjustments and changes rapidly and simply with out bodily {hardware}, in accordance with KUKA.
Together with the superior iiQWorks engineering suite, iiQKA.OS2 permits the simulation of a number of robots and their peripherals. In consequence, KUKA mentioned, customers can extra simply adhere to challenge schedules, use sources effectively, and put programs into operation extra rapidly.
iiQWorks can deal with all robotic kinematics
With the brand new working system, all KUKA robotic kinematics can run with the identical system by way of the KR C5 and KR C5 micro controllers for iiQKA.OS2. This consists of Delta and SCARA robots, in addition to six-axis robots of all payload capacities. KUKA mentioned this can initially apply to small robots after which to giant robots later in 2025.
The system can be used with no educate pendant with a “use your individual gadget” function. The KUKA smartPLUG may be docked onto a commercially out there pill and linked with a USB cable. This permits the robots to be programmed and operated intuitively and rapidly on the iiQKA.UI.
iiQKA.OS2 can detect errors at an early stage, thanks to varied engineering capabilities, mentioned KUKA. These embrace simulation, offline programming, and complete assessments in a digital setting. This reduces dangers and prices significantly, the corporate mentioned.
An elective enlargement board from NVIDIA is offered with the KR C5 and KR C5 micro for iiQKA.OS2. The board permits the mixing of AI for imaginative and prescient purposes. As well as, the system will likely be prepared for the brand new ISO 10218:2025 and IEC 62443-certified – and subsequently prepared for future challenges, mentioned KUKA.
The Augsburg, Germany-based firm is a world automation group with gross sales of greater than EUR 4 billion ($4.5 billion U.S.) and round 15,000 workers. It affords industrial robots, autonomous cellular robots (AMRs), together with controllers, software program, and cloud-based digital companies, in addition to absolutely linked manufacturing programs for a variety of industries.
The corporate received a 2025 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its work helping with larvae breeding on Danish insect farms. Be taught extra in regards to the RBR50 on the RBR50 Gala and Showcase on the Robotics Summit & Expo subsequent week in Boston.
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