KUKA LWR Reviews

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If you are considering buying a KUKA LWR cobot, you may want to investigate what peers think about this solution. Collaborative robots are a fast-growing technology, and many people are seeking easy-to-use and reliable solutions with decent support and documentation. Other important factors to consider when researching cobots include compatibility and safety. We have compiled a list of user reviews that you can use in the same way as personal recommendations.

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  • Overall

    2.7/5 (2)

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Verified user

Feb 9, 2023

  • Overall

    3.2/5

  • Meet Requirements

    4/5

  • Easy to Use

    3/5

  • Quality of Documentation

    3/5

  • Quality of Support

    3/5

  • Maintenance & Uptime

    3/5

  • Safety

    3/5

  • Compatibility

    4/5

  • Value for Money

    3/5

  • Recommendation

    3/5

Period
  • 2019
Title
Expensive but good robot
Pro
This model is very good, much more robust than competitors. I found this model very popular in the research community, which makes easy to find online support.
Con
The robot was pretty expensive. For academic research, it is hard to afford kuka's requests. Moreover, the use is less user-friendly w.r.t. other competitors. Hard to use as first experience. This model is also pretty old, and we had multiple issues (both mechanical and connection-related) during the use from time to time (but our model was many years old).

Alessandro Palleschi

University of Pisa

Oct 30, 2022

  • Overall

    2.1/5

  • Meet Requirements

    3/5

  • Easy to Use

    2/5

  • Quality of Documentation

    2/5

  • Quality of Support

    2/5

  • Maintenance & Uptime

    1/5

  • Safety

    3/5

  • Compatibility

    2/5

  • Value for Money

    2/5

  • Recommendation

    2/5

Period
  • 2021
Title
We used the robot in our research lab for pick-and-place applications, human-robot collaboration, and depalletizing operations.
Pro
7-DOF manipulator that integrates joint torque sensors and allows for direct torque control.
Con
This robot was really expensive at the time. The programming interface through the teach pendant is not really user-friendly, so it will take some time to understand how to program the robot. Kuka does not provide an official ROS wrapper, so you need to rely on third-part software packages that are not always optimized or reliable.