KUKA
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KUKA is a German industrial-robotics company counted among the "Big Four" global robot manufacturers alongside Japan's FANUC and Yaskawa Electric and Switzerland's ABB. Per 峰瑞资本 (Frees Fund) analysis, these four hold roughly 40% of the global industrial-robot market and closer to 50% in China, where they have long dominated the mainstream six-axis articulated-robot segment used heavily in automotive manufacturing . In recent years, however, Chinese domestic brands have eroded that dominance; as 峰瑞资本 reported in 2025, the "Big Four" have "lost the price war in China," while local players like Yifei Automation are now expanding overseas .
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