KUKA

aid: kuka-robotics
name: KUKA
description: KUKA AG is a German industrial automation company headquartered in Augsburg, Bavaria, founded in 1898 and majority-owned
  by China's Midea Group since 2016. KUKA designs and manufactures industrial robots, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), production
  cells, controllers, and the software stack that drives them. Its product portfolio spans six-axis articulated robots (KR
  series), sensitive collaborative robots (LBR iiwa, LBR iisy), mobile platforms (KMR iiwa, KMP), and palletizing/welding/CNC
  cells, controlled by the KR C4 and KR C5 / KR C5 micro controller generations. The robot software stack centers on KUKA
  System Software (KSS/VSS) for KR C4-class hardware, the newer iiQKA.OS / iiQKA.OS2 operating system for KR C5, and the KUKA
  Robot Language (KRL) for motion programming, with extension surfaces including KUKA.RobotSensorInterface (RSI), KUKA.EthernetKRL,
  KUKA.PLC mxAutomation for external PLC control, KUKA.OPC UA, and KUKA.AppTech / iiQKA App Builder for option packages. Engineering
  and simulation are delivered through iiQWorks (iiQWorks.Sim, iiQWorks.App Builder, iiQWorks.Copilot) and KUKA.Sim, while
  operational software includes KUKA Xpert (documentation/cloud), KUKA iiQoT (condition monitoring), and KUKA Connect / my.KUKA
  customer portals. KUKA does not publish a first-party public REST/OpenAPI developer API or an official GitHub organization
  for its robot control stack; integration is performed through proprietary protocols (RSI, EthernetKRL, mxAutomation, OPC
  UA, PROFINET, EtherCAT) and SDKs distributed via the iiQKA Creator portal and KUKA Xpert. A meaningful body of open-source
  KUKA integration code lives in the community-maintained kroshu GitHub organization (ROS 2 drivers, external-control SDK,
  URDF robot descriptions) and the roboticsapi / openkuka projects. KUKA serves automotive, electronics, battery, metal, consumer
  goods, healthcare, aerospace, and e-commerce logistics customers, and through its Swisslog subsidiary extends into warehouse
  and intralogistics automation.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Producing
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kuka-robotics.png
tags:
- Robotics
- Industrial Robots
- Industrial Automation
- Collaborative Robots
- Cobots
- Autonomous Mobile Robots
- Robot Controllers
- Robot Operating System
- KRL
- KSS
- KR C4
- KR C5
- iiQKA
- LBR iiwa
- PROFINET
- OPC UA
- Manufacturing
- Automotive
- Intralogistics
- Welding
- Palletizing
- Hardware
- Germany
- Midea
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kuka-robotics/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/kuka-robotics-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kuka-robotics-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.kuka.com
- type: Products
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/products
- type: IndustrialRobots
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/products/robotics-systems/industrial-robots
- type: MobileRobots
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/products/mobility
- type: Controllers
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/products/robotics-systems/robot-controllers
- type: Software
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/products/robotics-systems/software
- type: iiQKA
  url: https://www.kuka.com/iiQKA
- type: CreatorDeveloperTools
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-us/future-production/iiqka-robots-for-the-people/creator-portal/creator-developer-tools
- type: KUKAXpert
  url: https://xpert.kuka.com
- type: iiQoT
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/products/robotics-systems/software/cloud-software/kuka-iiqot
- type: MyKUKA
  url: https://my.kuka.com
- type: KUKACollege
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/services/training
- type: Industries
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/industries
- type: Solutions
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/industries/solutions-database
- type: Services
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/services
- type: Company
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/company
- type: Press
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/press
- type: InvestorRelations
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/investor-relations
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/career
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/contact-and-support
- type: Swisslog
  url: https://www.swisslog.com
- type: Midea
  url: https://www.midea-group.com
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/kroshu
- type: ROSDrivers
  url: https://github.com/kroshu/kuka_drivers
- type: ExternalControlSDK
  url: https://github.com/kroshu/kuka-external-control-sdk
- type: RobotDescriptions
  url: https://github.com/kroshu/kuka_robot_descriptions
- type: RoboticsAPI
  url: https://github.com/roboticsapi
- type: OpenKuka
  url: https://github.com/openkuka
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kuka
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/KUKAGlobal
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/KUKAGlobal
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/KUKAGlobal
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com