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 (v0.5.2-evidence-gaps-closed). Retrieved 2026-08-24, 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 v0.5.2-evidence-gaps-closed, accessed 2026-08-24}
}

Canonical URL: https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/kuka-robot-grippers-2018