iiQWorks

iiQWorks provides a shared engineering environment for moving KUKA robot projects from layout and feasibility work into programming, commissioning and maintenance. It creates digital twins, derives collision-free paths from CAD data, predicts cycle time and energy use, and transfers validated configurations to iiQKA.OS2 controllers without interrupting production.

Facts

  • Company: KUKA
  • Type: Engineering Software
  • Positioning: Digital twin
  • Function: Robot engineering
  • Audience: Integrators
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://www.kuka.com/en-de/products/robot-systems/software/iiqworks-engineering-suite-digital-manufacturing

About

About iiQWorks

iiQWorks provides a shared engineering environment for moving KUKA robot projects from layout and feasibility work into programming, commissioning and maintenance. It creates digital twins, derives collision-free paths from CAD data, predicts cycle time and energy use, and transfers validated configurations to iiQKA.OS2 controllers without interrupting production.

The free Cockpit application manages software, assets and licences. Sim Basic covers drag-and-drop cell configuration, I/O mapping and deployment preparation, while licensed Sim Advanced adds multi-robot simulation, virtual controller instances, controller round-loading and online program analysis. KUKA states cycle-time prediction accuracy of 98 percent for evaluated projects.

Specifications

  • Applications: Cockpit; Sim Basic; Sim Advanced; OptionPackageEditor
  • Core Functions: Configuration; simulation; offline programming; virtual commissioning
  • Accuracy: 98 %

Timeline

  • KUKA introduces iiQWorks.Copilot for robot programming - 2025-06-24 - Product Launch - KUKA presented iiQWorks.Copilot at automatica 2025. The assistant uses natural-language prompts to generate robot-programming code. KUKA said a first version would be available to customers by the end of 2025. - source: kuka.com

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