Application of EtherCAT Technology in KUKA Robot Control Systems
Since 2010, KUKA has adopted EtherCAT technology as the system bus in all KUKA robot control systems. The latest KR AGILUS robot and LBR iiwa lightweight robot compact controllers are also implemented based on EtherCAT. Beckhoff’s EtherCAT, based on industrial Ethernet, can thus serve as the foundational technology integrated throughout the current range of KUKA … Read more