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Monday, May 07, 2018

Industrie 4.0: KUKA and VINCI Energies strike out in new directions

The opening ceremony for the digital lab “Digitalschmiede” of VINCI Energies Germany attracted customers, partners and employees alike.

The goal of the new “Digitalschmiede”: to present prototypes from the Industrie 4.0 areas of Smart Industry, Smart Building, Smart Maintenance, Smart Energy and Smart City.

During a guided tour through the new facilities featuring a number of use cases, the pick-and-place application using the LBR iiwa was not just front and center in terms of the on-site layout. It also grabbed everyone’s attention. During the opening ceremony, KUKA also introduced itself as a selected strategic partner in the context of the IIoT ecosystem.

Industrie 4.0 processes are visualized

In the KUKA pick-and-place application, the LBR iiwa picks up a box from a predefined location. It places the box at a setdown point and then performs the process the other way round.

For visualization of the application, the KUKA Industrie 4.0 Accelerator Team developed a customer-specific dashboard for VINCI based on a user interface.

With the aid of the connyun IIoT platform, the process data is sent to the cloud and relevant key process indicators are visualized on a dashboard. The highlight of the guided tour through the new facilities of the “Digitalschmiede” was the KUKA pick-and-place application.

The KUKA pick-and-place application was also exhibited as a central element of the VINCI Energies booth at Hannover Messe. Significant potential is seen in the expansion of robot-based automation along with other areas. System integrator Actemium from the VINCI Energies Group is driving ahead with this.

For KUKA, this provides a real opportunity for advancement into further industries not previously among KUKA’s focus markets. Examples include the chemical industry, mining & materials, oil & gas, steel & metallurgy, paper, etc.

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