KUKA has launched a software layer designed to manage AI-driven robotics in production environments. The KUKA Automation Management Platform (AMP) acts as an interface between AI models and physical hardware, including robots and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).

The platform is intended to move industrial automation from “deterministic” programming to “intent-based” operations. KUKA AMP standardises how AI agents reason and act by providing a shared control interface and a structured telemetry pool for continuous machine learning.

“KUKA AMP will be our foundational technology layer designed to orchestrate robots, fleets, work cells, and digital twins,” said Melonee Wise, Chief Software & AI Product Officer. The system is built as an open API platform, allowing it to monitor and optimise equipment from design through to deployment.

The platform focuses on three core capabilities:

• Semantics: Abstracting the real world into machine-understandable meaning for AI reasoning.
• Actions: Standardised control interfaces for consistent execution across different robot types.
• Data: A telemetry pool that captures operational signals for closed-loop optimisation.

KUKA, which has more than 550,000 robots installed globally, stated that the platform is a cornerstone of its strategy to expand into new growth markets and maintain its top-three position in the Chinese robotics market.