{"id":1222,"date":"2023-11-14T19:17:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/plm-components\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:03:58","slug":"robotic-automation-in-packaging-and-distribution-plants-kineoworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/plm-components\/robotic-automation-in-packaging-and-distribution-plants-kineoworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotic automation in packaging and distribution plants: KineoWorks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KineoWorks is core software technology driving fast, collision-free motion for industrial robotics applications from Siemens and many other manufacturing solution providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on real-world, practical applications, our Toulouse-based team&#8217;s passion for research and development is pushing the frontiers in software-based Reactive Motion Planning (RMP) &#8211; as illustrated in this simulation of a packing\/distribution plant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, KineoWorks has been integrated with ROS2 (open source Robot Operating System) and Gazebo (open source robotics simulator) to perform dynamic collision-avoidance between an articulated robot arm and its environment during pick-and-place operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KineoWorks | Reactive Motion Planning\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YD0Ec-Iacc8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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