Pharmaceutical Automation

KUKA supplies high-quality, certified robotics for the pharmaceutical production chain, ensuring the highest quality standards and reproducibility. Precise cleanroom robots guarantee the highest possible cleanliness and minimal particle emissions.

Automation as a key success factor: From laboratory research to drug manufacturing

In the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and life sciences industries, maintaining consistent manufacturing quality while ensuring a high degree of flexibility is essential. Important requirements include increasing standardization, the optimization of production processes and compliance with legal regulations. To overcome challenges, reliable and secure automation systems are necessary to control, monitor, and analyze all pharmaceutical processes.

New standards in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry

With internationally certified robotics, comprehensive industry expertise and customized customer service, we increase your productivity and provide a decisive competitive advantage for pharmaceutical companies.

Increase in production volumes
- High-speed robots
- Robotics with high precision and repeat accuracy
- Round-the-clock operation possible
- High availability of robot systems
Compliance with regulatory standards/quality guarantee
- Certified robots, cobots and AMRs for cleanrooms
- Robotics with Hygienic Oil (HO) and in the Hygienic Machine (HM) version
- Complete tracking through seamless documentation
Adaptability to production changes
- Fast configuration of new pharmaceutical production processes
- Simple integration into the system control as well as visualization and operation
- Flexible mobile solutions for intralogistics
Reduction of production costs
- Increased efficiency
- Consistent quality of pharmaceutical products
- Reduction in the reject rate
- Reduction in manual workload

Certified robots for cleanroom applications

Flexible AMR solutions for pharmaceutical logistics

Automation solutions along the entire production chain

In today's dynamic world, the variety of medicines, food supplements and cosmetics is constantly increasing. Reliable automation solutions for packaging, palletizing, warehouse management, material loading and laboratory automation are therefore essential. As a leading provider of intelligent automation solutions, we offer advanced technologies that meet the requirements of these fast-moving industries.

A mobile, autonomous supply chain

KUKA AMRs increase the level of autonomy and intelligence in the pharmaceutical industry, ensure operation in dynamic environments and are easy to integrate into existing systems.
Learn more about KUKA AMR-Portfolio
Processing and handling of pharmaceuticals
KUKA offers precise robotics for laboratory automation that are both safe and user-friendly. They increase efficiency and quality in the laboratory and at the same time ensure the safety of personnel.

Robots for cleanroom and laboratory applications

LBR iisy Cobot

KR AGILUS
Fast picking and sorting processes
Robots enable precise, fast and accurate handling of pharmaceutical products, reduce human error and improve traceability.

Precise robots for the high-speed range

KR SCARA

KR DELTA

KR AGILUS
Contamination-free handling and packaging

Robots operate at high speeds, which increases the overall efficiency of packaging and filling processes. This feature is particularly useful in large-scale pharmaceutical production, where large quantities of products need to be processed uniformly in a short time. Uniformity is crucial to meet regulatory requirements and ensure product quality.
Production monitoring

The level of automation and digitalization in laboratories is constantly increasing. This is solved by intelligent IoT platforms such as iiQoT, which enable technical monitoring of laboratory equipment and intelligent asset management.
Learn more about KUKA iiQoT
Palletizing pharmaceuticals

KUKA palletizing robots increase performance in storage and distribution processes through consistently high speed, which is essential in pharmaceutical manufacturing for fast packaging and shipping of large quantities.

Pharmaceutical automation: challenges and opportunities

In this e-book, you’ll learn more about the latest trends in the pharmaceutical industry. It explores how robotics help overcome challenges, and it includes case studies from companies that have already taken the leap into automation.

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The guarantors of efficiency and purity in pharma production

KUKA robots meet the highest cleanroom requirements and are ISO 14644-1 certified by the Fraunhofer IPA. Their sealed housing and smooth, shiny surface enable safe handling of active ingredients and sterile products. Due to the low cleanroom classes from ISO class 2, they are ideal for large-scale production in the pharmaceutical industry.

KR AGILUS

The small robots are available in the Cleanroom (CR), Hygienic Oil (HO) and Hygienic Machine (HM) versions.

Payload: 6 - 11 kg
Maximum reach: 726 - 1101 mm

KUKA AGILUS sixx CR - suitable for clean room

KR SCARA-Robots

Compact SCARA with internal media supply for air, power and data is also available as a cleanroom robot (CR ).

Payload: 3 - 60 kg
Maximum reach: 400 - 1200 mm

KR DELTA-Robots

The high-speed parallel robots are available in Hygienic Oil (HO) and Hygienic Machine (HM) versions.

Payload: -

KR CYBERTECH

The fast and compact robots are ideal for space-saving cell concepts. They are available in the Cleanroom, Hygienic Oil and Hollow Wrist versions.

Payload: 35 kg
Maximum reach: 2013 mm

KR IONTEC

The robotics portfolio for pharmaceutical applications excels in tight spaces with waterproof in-line wrist and protected motors.

Payload: 20 - 70 kg
Maximum reach: 3101 mm

KR QUANTEC PA

Slim palletizer, also in HO version, scores with minimal space requirement, shorter cycles, best availability and low operating costs.

Payload: 120 - 240 kg
Maximum reach: 3195 mm

Safe AMR solutions for pharmaceutical logistics

Thanks to advanced sensor technology, code-free programming software and state-of-the-art battery technology, our autonomous mobile robots offer the perfect solution for your logistics requirements. They navigate safely through warehouses and production halls, transport goods precisely and reliably, and ensure seamless traceability.

KMR iisy

The mobile cobot for ISO-3 cleanrooms is ideal for industries such as biotechnology, life sciences,?healthcare? and pharmaceuticals.

KMP 600P

Compact all-rounder with a load capacity of up to 600 kg for small production areas. Outstanding price-performance ratio.

KMP 1500P

All-rounder with a load capacity of 1.5 tons impresses as a smart mobile solution in logistics and pharmaceutical production.

Do you need help with the automation of pharmaceutical applications?

Please contact us for personal advice and customized solutions. Alternatively, the customer portal my.KUKA offers you direct access to the KUKA world. You can use your account to purchase robots and spare parts, manage software licenses and view technical documents specifically tailored to the requirements of the pharmaceutical industry.

Contact KUKA experts Discover industry-specific robotics at my.KUKA