KUKA Robotics' New Line Of Clean Room Robots

Clinton Township, MI -- KUKA Robotics Corporation announced the introduction of a family of clean room robots designed for semiconductor manufacturing, test and handling applications. The robots are based on KUKA Robotics' industrial robot designs and are designed for wafer and integrated circuit handling as well as other testing, packaging, handling and process applications through the semiconductor manufacturing process.

"Our customers have consistently looked to KUKA to reduce engineering and integration costs," said Joe Campbell, director of strategic alliances for KUKA Robotics Corporation. "We can now program and control KUKA clean room robots directly from the Simatic Equipment Control System."

The new 6-axis robot family includes the KUKA KR 3 CR tabletop robot with a 3kg payload and a 635mm reach and the KUKA KR 16 CR robot with a 16kg payload and a 1,600mm reach. Each model meets the appropriate ISO and DIN standards for clean room operation and is class 5 according to DIN EN ISO 14644-1 and class 100 according to US Federal Standard 209 E. KUKA Robotics and Siemens Automation and Drives of Munich, Germany have collaborated to enable simplified integration of KUKA robots into the Siemens Simatic Equipment Control System (ECS).

SOURCE: KUKA Robotics Corporation