KUKA has unveiled the Titan, the world’s largest and strongest 6-axis industrial robot, which is specially designed to automate a wide range of heavy duty manufacturing applications thanks to its huge 1000 kg payload capacity.
The Titan, which has secured a place in the Guinness Book of World Records, boasts 9 motors that, together, deliver the power of a mid-sized car while its massive reach extends to more than 4 metres at full stretch and its work envelope is an impressive 78 cubic metres. Each axis is powered by a pair of motors, each with its own gear unit. It can withstand a static torque of 60,000 Nm, which dwarfs the typical 600 Nm maximum drive torque of a powerful car (or put another way, just one per cent of the power of the Titan).
The new robot has been developed to handle heavy duty payloads which were only previously possible using at least two robots or high-cost, less flexible gantry systems. KUKA says the Titan KR1000 is capable of handling, completely unaided, large and bulky components such as whole car bodies, building materials or huge castings.
