The SCARA KR20 robot enables ‘pick and place’ automated applications in various industries with high speed, precision, repeatability, and reliability.
The high speed and precision of SCARA KR20 help in providing market-leading cycle times for our customers. The cost-efficient design makes the SCARA KR20 highly desirable for our customers, especially in Asia.
SCARA KR20 marks a new era for KUKA in 3C robotics – as the first KUKA small robot, it translates KUKA’s expertise in large robots to the world of small robots. The styling of SCARA KR20 is inspired by the Chinese Dragon – ‘Made in China, for the world!’
The rapid explosion of the 3C industry and related fields have underscored the importance of short delivery times, high tolerance manufacturing, and high yield rates. SCARA KR20 caters to these requirements by having a compact design with a minimal footprint and high-performance hardware. The product has been extensively endurance tested for maximum life span, reliability, and stability. The concealed cable system of the robot helps provide better agility and maneuverability in various application scenarios.
The product is designed to strike a balance between German KUKA’s ‘less is more’ philosophy and the styling differentiation required to ace the extremely crowded 3C marketplace. With crisp lines and muscular cuts, the form of the product is an outcome of its functional requirements combined with KUKA’s design language, evaluated through extensive simulations and prototyping. As the first KUKA SCARA robot totally designed and developed in China, styling cues have been abstracted from the Chinese dragon – this has been done both for internal organizational motivation and as a tribute to the philosophy of ‘Made in China, for the world’
The product has a clean interface and is very easy for customers to integrate it into their production. The compact design saves more space for mounting more custom devices from the customers. The product is efficient, thanks to the strong drive chain used and KUKA controller KRC5 Micro – they make the robot run smoothly and stable. In terms of long and tough endurance, the product has a proven life span and stability. Customers can use it without worry and this has also been double-proofed by UL and CE certificates.
The innovation lies in expanding KUKA’s technology and product portfolio from six-axis robots to SCARA robots. With several decades of experience with 6-axis robots, SCARA KR20 is a great starting point for KUKA to plunge into the world of small robots in a big way.
SCARA KR20 abstracts and complies with KUKA’s global design language from large robots to small robots with the use of functional volumes intersected and thoughtfully broken by creases.
The trust of the 120-year-old KUKA brand is expressed through the form of the product.
Simple and iconic design sets the product apart from the market.
Impact: Social benefit: How does it serve society? Sustainability: Why is it sustainable?
The SCARA KR20 is expected to be a high-impact game-changing product for KUKA in the small robot market.
