The Augsburg-based automation specialist will be demonstrating the possibilities of sensitive robotics in an entertaining way with 'Beer Paulii'. Together with its human service colleagues, the 'bartender robot' carries out all the necessary steps: it grasps a bottle of beer, opens it, picks up a glass, rinses it and pours the wheat beer in perfect fashion.

The bartender robot is a KUKA lightweight robot LBR iiwa which has sensitive joint torque sensors in all seven axes. They enable it to recognize whether the bottle is full or empty by its weight, to grasp the glass without breaking it and to open the bottle by applying just the right amount of force. This makes the LBR iiwa ideally suited for human-robot collaboration.

The forum is an event held by the Brussels-based non-profit organization euRobotics (President: Dr. Bernd Liepert). Having started in 2010 as a purely academic event, the ERF has since developed into one of the most influential forums, with representatives from research and industry.

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