Delta speed across a ten square metre workspace

HKM1800 is a hybrid kinematic picking robot developed in Lund. One column, a 1.8 m reach in every direction and more than 2,000 picks per hour, for warehouses and production lines that have outgrown a delta robot.

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HKM1800 kinematic plan Reach 1.20 m   Rotation 135°   Picks 0
Top view. Six EU pallets (1200 × 800 mm) drawn to scale inside the 1.8 m reach.
Side view. Serial arm carried by parallel links.
Runs at the rated pace of 2,000 picks per hour. Move the pointer over the top view to steer. Schematic, not to engineering spec.

June 2026: Cognibotics was selected for €6.5 million in EIC Accelerator funding to industrialise HKM1800.

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Close-up of the HKM1800 gripper above a row of picking stations, with motion paths overlaid
The HKM1800 gripper over a row of picking stations. Still from the Cognibotics product film.

Why a hybrid kinematic arm

Serial robots reach far but carry heavy moving parts. Parallel robots such as deltas are fast but cover a small circle. Hybrid kinematics combines the two, which keeps the moving mass very low and the cycle time short across a large circular work area.

The result, according to Cognibotics' EIC announcement, is delta-class speed with a ten times larger workspace while using around one third less energy than traditional robots.

How the HKM1800 is built

Robots, software and accuracy from one team

Cognibotics started in 2013 with robot calibration research at Lund University. The same knowledge of kinematics now runs through four product lines.

HKM1800

Pick and place robot for warehouse and industrial automation. 1.8 m reach over 360 degrees, a small footprint and more than 2,000 picks per hour.

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HKM1800 robot with its column, arm and gripper above a row of trays

Juliet & Romeo®

A real-time robot programming language (Juliet) and the virtual machine that runs it (Romeo). Integrations for ctrlX and KE-Motion, free development tools for Visual Studio Code.

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Juliet code editor next to a behaviour tree graph in Visual Studio Code

SigmaTau

High-dynamic robot systems for machining large parts, such as high-speed cutting of naval propellers, with more speed, workspace and accuracy than conventional machine set-ups.

SigmaTau on cognibotics.com
SigmaTau parallel kinematic machine cutting a large bronze propeller

Robot and cobot calibration

Calibration and compensation that raise the accuracy of industrial robots and cobots, so programs keep working across robot individuals and after repairs.

Calibration products
Universal Robots cobot fitted with Cognibotics calibration equipment and a tool changer

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Rendering of the Nowaste robot picking cell: HKM1800 next to an AutoStore port with boxes on conveyors

Nowaste Logistics ordered a second cell

“A second cell is a clear strategic step for us, making our warehouses more resilient to seasonal peaks and better positioned to future-proof operations as customer demands evolve.”

Nowaste Logistics, January 2026. The HKM1800 picking cell works with AutoStore.

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