KUKA exercises a major influence on a key aspect of Industrie 4.0 by converging the necessary competencies from the digital and real worlds of machinery and system engineering. Aside from its role as proactive driver of manufacturer and industry-independent standards, KUKA is particularly engaged in creating essen- User tial platforms as a link between real Interface production and the relevant digital structures. In doing so, we create the prerequisites for an open, comprehensive architecture and a structure that provides constant user access on any end device to the customer’s own production data. This structure will allow components and processes to be analyzed, managed and, if necessary, even reconfigured with virtually unlimited computing power – a platform that scales know-how and unlocks access to whole new markets and regions over the Internet. Today, KUKA can master the key challen- ges arising from the integration of exis- ting industrial automation systems into a smart and consistently networked production chain. KUKA lets customers focus on their core competencies because the platform technology is available for every component, in every sector and market, thanks to open standardized interfaces. 4242�43�43