Mouser Electronics

We often talk about robots working for us--even replacing our jobs, but what about robots as co-workers? At the KUKA development lab in Augsburg, Germany, scientists are building robots that can help professionals with tedious and dangerous tasks, leaving the humans to work on more complex problems in a safer environment. Grant Imahara traveled to Germany to learn more about the lab's collaborative robot. KUKA has developed the first robot approved for human-robot collaboration (HRC): the KUKA LBR iiwa. LBR stands for "Leichtbauroboter," German for lightweight robot, and iiwa is for "intelligent industrial work assistant."