KUKA Robotics, a German manufacturer of industrial robots, is a leading supplier of automation to the automotive industry, aerospace, and general manufacturing.

Denise Stafford is business development manager at Kuka Robotics. This article appeared in Control Design, an affiliate publication to Machine Design.

The incredibly quick KUKA robot, normally used in manufacturing, squared off against a top ping-pong player—and performed really well. Timo Boll is currently ranked eighth in the world for table ...

Provided you calibrate your force sensors correctly the task is fairly simple. Making a robot that knows what it is picking up is another thing all together.