KUKA Offers Material Handling Solutions at Promat 2025
KUKA Robotics unveiled the latest heavyweight addition to its line of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), the KMP 3000P, at Promat 2025 in Chicago. KUKA showcased a live cell demonstration to meet manufacturing workforce challenges for improved production. This cell showcased the capabilities of KUKA’s new KMP 3000P AMR that transported heavy rolls to a KR QUANTEC for handling and placement.
With the capacity to transport loads up to three tons in any direction, including diagonally, the KMP 3000P’s omnidirectional drive ensures maximum flexibility in the tightest of spaces in intralogistics. Four integrated 3D cameras and two laser scanners enable a 360-degree view, allowing the platform to recognize obstacles and drive around effortlessly. This increases efficiency and safety in a variety of working environments while eliminating the need for in-floor guide systems. Equipped with an inductive charging system, the KMP 3000P charges wirelessly both centrally in a station and/or at various locations within the area through inductive charging pads attached to a facility’s floor.
The transported material was handled by an AIRSKIN equipped KR QUANTEC high payload robot that enables the robot to safely operate significantly faster than a cobot in a fenceless environment without compromising its reach, payload and reliability. The KR QUANTEC series consists of all-purpose, six-axis robots with the versatility to reliably handle a variety of production applications. The series’ streamlined design is also very adaptable to cost-effective cell planning.
