September 12, 2024. The automation group KUKA has founded a new business unit. With KUKA Digital, the long-established Augsburg-based company known for its orange industrial robots and automation solutions is expanding its software and digital business. The goal: the end-to-end digitalization of a wide range of machines and systems in production, from the first 3D simulation to networking and data analysis through to the use of artificial intelligence.
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Software is playing an increasingly important role in mechanical engineering. What used to be mostly solved mechanically is now done by electronics and the associated software. “With KUKA Digital, we are expanding our offering in order to position ourselves broadly for a market with great growth potential. Our customers need products, solutions and consulting approaches to digitalize faster, more efficiently and more easily,” says Quirin Görz, KUKA Chief Information Officer and CEO of the newly founded digital division. KUKA is working on expanding the digital world beyond robot and automation solutions, and thus driving forward the digitalization of industry across the entire production life cycle.
In concrete terms, KUKA’s digital division focuses on a software and digital portfolio that is not limited to KUKA robots. Regardless of machine type and manufacturer, customers should be able to use software solutions for their production machines and thus digitalize their production halls end-to-end. This involves interfaces, standards for data, cloud integration and consulting services. In line with an ecosystem approach, KUKA also relies on a network of competent partners.
KUKA can look back on more than 125 years of company history, 50 of which have been in the field of robotics. The new division builds on this knowledge. With Device Insight and Visual Components, KUKA already has strong, independent brands in the areas of Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics and simulation software within the Group.
Device Insight supports companies in digitizing their production and business processes on the basis of IoT, data analytics and artificial intelligence, thus making them more transparent and efficient. Visual Components develops 3D simulation software and offline programming of robots for manufacturing. Manufacturing companies use the software to plan production layouts, simulate processes in advance or program machines offline before commissioning.
Planning, implementing and later operating production is a complex process. A wide variety of machines need to be harmonized with one another. When it comes to the associated software, this still means working with isolated solutions and a high level of manual effort. This is why, in addition to Device Insight and Visual Components, mosaixx will be added to the KUKA Digital portfolio this year. mosaixx is an open, collaborative cloud platform for Industrial Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and forms the basis for end-to-end digital production with a combination of tools (software), data management, cloud computing and process understanding.
With mosaixx, system integrators and other engineering customers gain access to a wide range of software solutions for ECAD and MCAD programs, simulation, offline programming and virtual commissioning. mosaixx, combined with KUKA’s many years of experience in the project business, creates a future-proof and specialized end-to-end solution. This enables engineers to efficiently structure and securely link their workflows within a project in a shared and location-independent working environment with processes, workflows and cloud storage.
mosaixx thus lays the foundation for end-to-end digitalization – from planning to subsequent application. mosaixx will be presented to the public for the first time at a digital and software event on November 7 at the KUKA headquarters in Augsburg.
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Photo: Visual Components/ mosaixx
