KUKA stated the mix of the KUKA System Software program, expertise stacks, and the newest internet applied sciences affords new potentialities. | Supply: KUKA
KUKA final week unveiled the iiQKA.OS2 working system. which it stated 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 customary.
It additionally stated iiQKA.OS2 is “cyber-resilient,” making digital manufacturing future-proof. KUKA added {that a} robotic controller with the working system is less complicated to make use of and extra accessible. That is because of mixture of a web-based person interface and the power to make use of one’s personal train pendants or the KUKA smartPAD.
KUKA stated iiQKA.OS2 combines the confirmed core of its KUKA.SystemSoftware (KSS) and a contemporary person interface with modular security to satisfy automation necessities. The firm asserted that its a long time of improvement expertise, a contemporary tech stack, and the newest internet applied sciences supply new potentialities by way of performance, person expertise, and workflows.
KUKA engineering suite permits customization
iiQKA.OS2 can’t solely improve the effectivity of manufacturing automation but additionally simplify it, stated KUKA. The brand new iiQKA.UI web-based person interface and customizable software modules permits firms and manufacturing amenities of all sizes to combine each digital and actual robotic controllers. The corporate stated this contains everybody from small and midsize companies (SMBs) to OEMs.
The portfolio additionally contains lifelike load knowledge evaluation, permits improvement of customer-specific software program packages, and gives complete simulation. Customers may make modifications and changes rapidly and simply with out bodily {hardware}, in response to KUKA.
Together with the superior iiQWorks engineering suite, iiQKA.OS2 permits the simulation of a number of robots and their peripherals. In consequence, KUKA stated, customers can extra simply adhere to challenge schedules, use sources effectively, and put methods 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 the KR C5 and KR C5 micro controllers for iiQKA.OS2. This contains Delta and SCARA robots, in addition to six-axis robots of all payload capacities. KUKA stated this can initially apply to small robots after which to giant robots later in 2025.
The system will also be used and not using a train pendant with a “use your individual system” function. The KUKA smartPLUG may be docked onto a commercially obtainable pill and linked with a USB cable. This enables 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 numerous engineering features, stated KUKA. These embody simulation, offline programming, and complete checks in a digital setting. This reduces dangers and prices significantly, the corporate stated.
An elective growth board from NVIDIA is out there with the KR C5 and KR C5 micro for iiQKA.OS2. The board permits the combination of AI for imaginative and prescient functions. 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, stated 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 staff. It affords industrial robots, autonomous cellular robots (AMRs), together with controllers, software program, and cloud-based digital providers, in addition to totally linked manufacturing methods for a variety of industries.
The corporate gained a 2025 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its work helping with larvae breeding on Danish insect farms. Study 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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