UNECE Conference

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UNECE Conference A ROBOT IN EVERY HOME?

• The Success Story of Industrial Robots

Stefan Mueller Executive
Vice President KUKA
Roboter GmbH Augsburg,
Germany
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• Hollywood I Robot Movie Picture

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• You can find us all over the world

KUKA Roboter GmbH German Robot manufacturer
Sales of
more than 8.000 Industrial Robots per
year Subsidiaries and sales outlets all over the
world
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• Key Figures KUKA Robot Group

2001
2002
2003
Sales
340
380
420
million
Employees
1.310
1.451
1.629
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• Inventions that changed the World

Industrialization in the 18th Century Steam
Engine Spinning Machine New iron and steel
production mechanism .... 19th Century Otto
Engine Automobile Computer (tabulating
machine) ....
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• The first Industrial Robot

1961 General Motors, USA, installs the first
industrial robot on a production
line. 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 1967 The first
industrial Robot installation in Europe
(Munich). 1968, 1969, 1970 1971 Robots used in
Sindelfingen, Germany, by car manufacturer
for spot welding
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• KUKA, Augsburg

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• Wolfsburg 1983, Final assembly of Golf
  Volkswagen II

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• 1996, KUKAs PC-based controller unlocks new
  potential

Introduction of PC technology in the robot
controller
Proprietary controller architecture
60,000 robots
of which 48,000 with PC technology
12,000 robotsproduced
1981
1985
1990
1996
2000
2001
2004

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• Robot price erosion

Labour compensation
Index 1990100
Robot prices, not quality adj.
Robot prices, quality adjusted
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• Robot Usage in Car Manufacturing

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• Example Commissioning

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• Example Baggage handling

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Worldwide estimated operational stock of
multipurpose industrial robots 1973 - 2003
Units in 1.000
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Worldwide estimated operational stock of
multipurpose industrial robots 2003
Other 13
France 3
Japan 44
Korea 6
Italy 6
USA 14
Germany 14
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Estimated number of multipurpose industrial
robots per 10.000 persons employed in the
manufacturing industries
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• Robots as Jobkiller?

10 1 9
Substitution of working population
Advantages Better Product Quality Consistency Impr
oved working conditions Creation of new jobs
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• Service Robots

Service Robots Are not part of production
lines Are free programmable moving
objects Provide services, partly
automatic Serve and help humans
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• Robocoaster

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• Robocoaster

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• Robocoaster

LEVEL 5 XTREME
LEVEL 1 GENTLE
LEVEL 4 TURBO
LEVEL 2 FUN
LEVEL 3 FAST
Passenger heights 1.4m to 1.95m ( 55ins) to (
77ins) Down to 1.2m ( 47ins) With special
precautions
Passenger heights 1.4m to 1.95m ( 55ins) to (
77ins) Down to 1.2m ( 47ins) With special
precautions
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• Future

The Future
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• Future

Example todays Robots Payload
15 kg Robot weight 150 kg
Lightweight Robots Payload 15 kg
Robot weight 15 kg
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• The Vision

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• Morpha Project

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Thank you very much!