KUKA receives German Innovation Award

 Thursday, June 16, 2022

KUKA has won the German Innovation Award for its new iiQKA robot operating system and ecosystem. iiQKA was developed to make the user experience as intuitive, powerful, fast and scalable as possible.

The German Innovation Award honors products and solutions that are shaping the future and improving lives. Across industries, innovative developments are judged in terms of user-centricity and added value compared to previous solutions. “Receiving the German Innovation Award reinforces that we are on the right path into a new era with our new operating system and digital ecosystem iiQKA. Our goal is to make automation easily accessible to everyone,” says Dr. Kristina Wagner, Senior Vice President Technology & Innovation Center at KUKA.

iiQKA: Easy and fast automation for everyone

Automation is one of the most important megatrends of our time. It is finding its way into more and more areas and is conquering completely new industries and markets. KUKA is initiating this paradigm shift with iiQKA: The new iiQKA.OS robot operating system and the digital ecosystem enable even robotics newcomers to achieve their automation goals. This means that in the future, robots can be commissioned and programmed in no time at all, even with little expertise. And at the same time, iiQKA makes the process even faster and more efficient for all experts.

iiQKA.OS: Excellent usability

The core value of the new operating system is usability. Developed by users for users, the new system software will make the use of robots faster, more efficient and accessible and easy to use for all. iiQKA.OS offers a modern and modular software architecture and also enables high performance and flexibility. Increased efficiency and speed in your development processes are guaranteed.

iiQKA Ecosystem: Learn, Collaborate, Grow

Global trends are constantly changing the economy. One such trend is the formation of business ecosystems. They facilitate the use of and access to technologies for everyone. Ecosystems have already revolutionized the world of mobile devices, for example. Now KUKA is creating its own digital ecosystem for the world of robotics. With strong partnerships between leading industry and technology companies, KUKA aims to make automation faster, easier and more intuitive.

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