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KUKA Robotics and its German parent company KUKA is one of the world's leading manufacturers of industrial robots and automation systems for a variety of industries - from automotive and fabricated metals to food and plastics. KUKA Industrial robots are used by GM, Chrysler, Ford, Porsche, BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Harley-Davidson or Boeing, Siemens, IKEA, Wal-Mart, Nestle, Budweiser and Coca-Cola and many others. KUKA has regional locations and robotics integrators in the U.S. (Transbotics), Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile and also serves customers throughout Europe (Germany, France, Italy, UK, Spain, ...) and Asia (China, Korea, Taiwan, ...). KUKA was founded in 1898 in Augsburg, Germany as Keller und Knappich Augsburg. The company name comes from the initials of its founders, Keller and Knappich. Robotics Product Highlights In 1973 KUKA built its first industrial robot, known as FAMULUS. This was the world´s first robot with six electromechanically driven axes. Today the company’s 4 and 6 axis robots range from 3 kg to 570 kg payloads, and 350 mm to 3700 mm reach, SCARAs, palletizers, gantry and articulated robots, all controlled from a common PC based controller platform. KUKA's robot products are most commonly used in factories, for welding, handling, palletizing, packaging, prozessing or other automation tasks, but also in hospitals, for brain surgery and radiography. In 2001 KUKA developed the Robocoaster, which is the world’s first passenger-carrying industrial robot. The robot provides a roller coaster-like motion sequence to its two passengers; the ride is programmable. The Robocoaster is currently being developed to travel along a track, to create flat rides, Roller coasters and other such themepark and amusement rides that move along a defined pathway Trivia
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