KUKA
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KUKA is a German robot maker whose orange arms are used in car factories and many other industries. It has been owned by China's Midea Group since 2017.
KUKA is a German robot maker whose orange arms are used in car factories and many other industries. It has been owned by China's Midea Group since 2017.
KUKA is a robotics and automation company based in Augsburg, Germany. Its orange robot arms weld, paint and assemble cars and also appear in aircraft, food and logistics factories.
History
The company was founded in 1898 and built its first industrial robots in the 1970s. In 2016-2017 the Chinese appliance maker Midea Group took over KUKA.
Products
Industrial arms of many sizes, mobile robots, and software to program and coordinate them.
What to take away
Robotics is a global industry. German, Japanese, Danish and Chinese companies compete, which pushes prices down and quality up.
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