Future of Robotics
ISR Summit 29th of Nov. 2007 Bernd Liepert KUKA Roboter GmbH
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KUKA - Overview
KUKA AG: 1,250 €* millions Robotics: 400 €* millions
Automotive 50 % General Industry 50 %
Systems: 850 €* millions
Automotive 90 % General Industry 10 %
Innovation Center Shared Services
Robots & Applications
Robot based Systems
Plant Technologies & Applications
* Target figures 2007 (rounded up)
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A Short History of Robotics
Karakuri Aristotle
VW Golf Production
Mars Rover
Asimov‘s Laws of Robotics Daimler-Benz Capek‘s RUR Homer‘s Hephaestos
DLR LWR
Heron of Alexandria Famulus Unimate
ASIMO
800 BC
320 BC
100 BC
1500
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
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Near Future of Industrial Robotics
Automotive Industry
„Re-Inventing Industrial Robotics“
Manufacturing SMEs
Vision: The „SME-Robot“
< once/day shop-floor ~ 1 * robot unit price 100% shop floor by worker Changeover time Programming Workcell cost Sensor equipped Planning Maintenance
“established”
< once/year offline (>90%) ~ 4 * robot unit price < 5% of installations simultaneous engineering trained staff
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Application Pull from the General Industry
Aerospace Beverages Rubber & plastics Electronic products Entertainment
General Industry General Industry
Food
Glass, ceramics & mineral products
Logistics
Medical
Metal products
Milling & deburring
Mining
Print & paper
Testing
Wood & furniture
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Development of Robotics
Entertainment
Medical
Production Assistant: • work space sharing with worker • flexibly relocatable • safe • intuitive operation
Personal Robots
Robots as multipurpose tools for manufacturing SMEs Food Robots for Automotive Industry Logistics
Robots for General Industry and Professional Services Future
Today
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Summary & Conclusions
Convergence of industrial and service robotics technology!
Near Future of Industrial Robotics ->Robots as multipurpose tools for manufacture SMEs for a small number of pieces each production lot
R&D projects need application-oriented research -> robotics research: perception, safety, easy programming, flexible relocation
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Domo arrigato!
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