The KUKA-DLR Lightweight Robot arm - A new reference platform for robotics research and manufacturing

Rainer Bischoff, Johannes Kurth, Günter Schreiber, Ralf Koeppe, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Alexander Beyer, Oliver Eiberger, Sami Haddadin, Andreas Stemmer, Gerhard Grunwald, Gerhard Hirzinger

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Abstract

Transforming research results into marketable products requires considerable endurance and a strong sense of entrepreneurship. The KUKA Lightweight Robot (LWR) is the latest outcome of a bilateral research collaboration between KUKA Roboter, Augsburg, and the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Wessling. The LWR has unique characteristics including a low mass-payload ratio and a programmable, active compliance which enables researchers and engineers to develop new industrial and service robotics applications with unprecedented performance, making it a unique reference platform for robotics research and future manufacturing. The stages of product genesis, the most innovative features and first application examples are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationJoint 41st International Symposium on Robotics and 6th German Conference on Robotics 2010, ISR/ROBOTIK 2010
Pages741-748
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventJoint 41st International Symposium on Robotics, ISR 2010 and 6th German Conference on Robotics 2010, ROBOTIK 2010 - Munich, Germany
Duration: 7 Jun 20109 Jun 2010

Publication series

NameJoint 41st International Symposium on Robotics and 6th German Conference on Robotics 2010, ISR/ROBOTIK 2010
Volume2

Conference

ConferenceJoint 41st International Symposium on Robotics, ISR 2010 and 6th German Conference on Robotics 2010, ROBOTIK 2010
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period7/06/109/06/10

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