KUKA Robotics joins Manufacturing Technology Centre
KUKA Robotics UK has joined the Manufacturing Technology Centre, Coventry, and has supplied two of its high payload KR 240 robots for a variety of research projects.
The company will work alongside founder industrial members, which include Rolls-Royce and Airbus, in a bid to develop new technologies aimed at improving productivity and lowering costs.
"The centre provides a unique environment and we fully support its objective of raising the UK's competitive advantage through innovative research," commented general sales manager, Ian Walker.
KUKA is also lending its robotics expertise to another top research body through its membership of of the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).
Read about the Manufacturing Technology Centre here
Image: Ian Walker, general sales manager at KUKA Robotics UK, seated, with Ken Young, the MTC's technology director
