KUKA at Hannover Messe 2017

Be there when KUKA opens the next chapter of Industrie 4.0 as we present the largest networked smart factory demonstration in our history under the slogan "Hello Industrie 4.0_we connect you," from April 24 to 28, 2017.

Individualized products created in our smart factory

We hope you'll remember this year's KUKA booth (Hall 17) for a long time to come thanks to the individually customized souvenirs produced on-demand for each visitor in our operational smart factory. It is a demonstration of how mass-produced, individualized products can be realized with today’s digitally networked manufacturing processes. While software and robots interact in the factory, humans can maintain control and awareness thanks to cloud-based communication – for example, tracking and influencing production progress via smartphones.

Innovative partners for new business models

KUKA has a strong history of collaborating with innovative partners to provide customers a comprehensive ecosystem for flexible Industrie 4.0 solutions. In the future, our customers will be able to easily monitor, link and control their entire production process. This year we will also highlight our start-up partnership company Connyun, founded by KUKA, which connects robots and machines via cloud technology. In addition, the young company Roboception, with which KUKA is involved, demonstrates research regarding 3D perception for robotic systems.

This year, KUKA opens the next chapter of Industrie 4.0

KUKA Innovation Award for young scientists

Whether an airbag system for human-robot collaboration, robot use for human rescue or new automation solutions for finishing processes, young researchers from all over the world will present their their final projects. Over the course of only a few months, they’ve taken them from concept to finished project using KUKA products. Each year the award topic changes, and this year each team addressed the topic of "Advanced Mechatronics." An international expert jury chose the winners of the science contest endowed with 20,000 euros at the KUKA booth on Thursday. The researchers of Team RAS won with their innovative airbag system.

KUKA digitizes the customer experience

The new KUKA Marketplace (shop.kuka.com), with KUKA Connect and KUKA College training courses, plays an important role in networked production. As a cloud-based software platform, KUKA Connect allows KUKA customers to access and analyze their KUKA robots at any time from any place with an internet connection. In this way, our customers can bring their products to market faster, increase efficiency and introduce innovations more easily. Through KUKA marketplace, KUKA College now offers advanced training simply by finding and booking online KUKA training seminars.

Important dates and times for KUKA at Hannover Fair 2017

Press conference with CEO Dr. Till Reuter
Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 10 am
Location: KUKA Business Center in the KUKA booth (G04 in Hall 17)

Award ceremony for the KUKA Innovation Award
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2017, 11 am
Location: at the KUKA booth (G04 in Hall 17)

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About Hannover Messe

The world’s leading trade fair for industrial technology will next be staged from 24 to 28 April 2017 in Hannover, Germany. With its core focus on "Integrated Industry – Creating Value", the fair is the world’s leading showcase for the digitalization of production (Industrie 4.0) and energy systems (Integrated Energy). The upcoming Hannover Messe will feature seven parallel shows: Industrial Automation, MDA – Motion, Drive & Automation, Digital Factory, Energy, ComVac, Industrial Supply and Research & Technology. Poland will star as the Partner Country of the fair this year.