KukaIndustrial/Manufacturingsince 2018
Kuka 3D-Printed Robot Grippers
Custom grippers for Kuka industrial robots
Industrial/Manufacturing85% confidence
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING · PART PHOTO
Challenge
Manufacturing agility requires rapid gripper changeovers. Metal grippers are heavy and slow to produce.
Solution
Kuka uses FDM AM for custom grippers, achieving 60% weight reduction and enabling same-week delivery vs multi-week machining.
Outcomes
- 0160% weight reduction
- 02Days vs weeks time savings
Technologies
Fused Deposition Modeling
Source
Used across Kuka installed base globally
Cite this page
APA
AM Roadmap. (2018). Kuka 3D-Printed Robot Grippers. AM Roadmap (v0.4.2-fixes-deployed). Retrieved 2026-05-17, from https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/kuka-robot-grippers-2018
BibTeX
@misc{amroadmap_kuka_3d_printed_robot_grippers_2018,
title = {Kuka 3D-Printed Robot Grippers},
author = {{AM Roadmap}},
year = {2018},
url = {https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/kuka-robot-grippers-2018},
note = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.4.2-fixes-deployed, accessed 2026-05-17}
}Canonical URL: https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/kuka-robot-grippers-2018