Session: The Innovation and Future of Humanoid Robotics through Industry-Academia Collaboration Speakers: Karsten Lemmer, Executive Board Member for Innovation, Technology Transfer and Research Infrastructure, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Alin Albu-Schäffer, Director of the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Dr. Kal Mos, Head of Research and Predevelopment, Siemens AG Session Summary: Driven by severe European demographic labor shortages an

Session Name: Humanoid Robotics: The Next Engine of Industrial Growth Speaker: Sven Krause — Moderator Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Schönmann — Professor, Industrial Engineering, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt Andreas Zeug — Project Manager, Humanoid Robotics, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG Sven Parusel — Head of Research Partnerships, Agile Robots SE Session Summary: This panel explores humanoid robotics as Europe's next critical industrial growth engine, analyzing real-w

Session: From Automation to Autonomy: Deploying Humanoid Systems in Real Industrial Environments. Speaker: Darius Wilke, Vice President Commercial, Hexagon Robotics GmbH Session Summary: Hexagon Robotics is deploying wheeled industrial humanoid robots, specifically AEON, to seamlessly integrate into existing human-centric factory layouts and solve critical manufacturing labor shortages. Instead of complex manual coding, these robots are trained through AI and imitation learni

Session: From Components to Colleagues: How Schaeffler is Shaping the Future of Humanoid Robotics Speaker: David Kehr, President of Humanoid Robotics at the Schaeffler Group Session Summary: David Kehr outlines the Schaeffler Group's comprehensive roadmap for integrating physical AI and humanoid robotics into the industrial sector. The strategy positions Schaeffler as a key technology user, component supplier, system integrator, and aftermarket provider within the robotics ec