The automotive supplier industry is undergoing a profound structural change and is looking for new growth and business areas. The topic entry situates the current situation, highlights the increasing importance of diversification strategies, and explains why robotics is moving into focus as a possible future market. The central question is how existing industrial competencies can be transferred into new value creation and new markets.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Brüggemann, Director of the Institute, Institute of Production Technology, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences

The lecture sheds light on the development of the quantities of industrial, service, and humanoid robots as well as the increasing expansion of their fields of application beyond industrial production. On this basis, future development trends and the market potential of robotics are estimated.

Christian Böhlmann, Site Manager Stade & Division Manager Automation and Production Technology, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research (IFAM)

Modern robotics systems arise from the interplay of mechanics, sensorics, electronics, software, and AI. The presentation illuminates which technical requirements arise from the rise of industrial, service, and humanoid robotics and which components along the value chain will be in demand in the future. This creates new opportunities for companies with existing competencies in production, automation, and automotive.