Kuka Plans for Robot Domination in China and Your Garage

  • CEO Reuter sees demand for more nimble robots fueling growth
  • Revenue from China to exceed 1 billion euros by 2020, he says

Robotic arms, manufactured by Kuka AG, work on a production line.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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German industrial giant Kuka is the world’s largest producer of robots used to make automobiles, with its signature orange crane-like bots a fixture in automated car factories across the globe.

So why is Chairman and Chief Executive Till Reuter worried?