Case Study: KUKA achieves innovative, high-performance robot control with Wind River VxWorks

KUKA delivers KR C4 on time with Wind River VxWorks

KUKA, a global robotics leader, faced the challenge of developing its new KR C4 robot controller, which required a software platform to support multi-core processing and integrate multiple control systems while reducing hardware costs. To meet this objective, KUKA turned to vendor Wind River and its VxWorks real-time operating system.

Wind River provided the VxWorks platform, which enabled KUKA to replace hardware-based functionality with software-based tasks, consolidating control, HMI, and safety on a standard PC-based platform. With the help of Wind River Professional Services, KUKA developed a scalable architecture and was able to reduce development risks. As a result, Wind River helped KUKA deliver the innovative KR C4 controller on time, achieving higher performance and reduced costs.

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