Tomorrow begins today
Digital
Tomorrow begins today
Innovation and digitalization are closely interlinked but they aren’t the same thing. To shape Schaeffler’s future in innovative and digital ways and to identify new business fields, the “Digital Solutions” innovation cluster pursues a three-pronged
Steering reimagined
In Motion
Steering reimagined
The cabin concepts of future vehicle platforms are decisively determined by new by-wire technologies, which is another motion technology that Schaeffler is driving at a fast pace.
Twelve months, twelve tech stories that provided momentum in 2025
Engineering
Twelve months, twelve tech stories that provided momentum in 2025
Bicycles of the future, artificial intelligence with brains, flying cars with Schaeffler know-how, humanoids on the rise, and much more: these twelve stories received the most clicks from “tomorrow” readers in 2025.
Refresh for heavy-weights
Think Green
Refresh for heavy-weights
When the world’s biggest offshore vessel moves platforms weighing thousands of tons on the high seas every component counts. On the “Pioneering Spirit” highly stressed spherical plain bearings ensure that extreme forces are reliably equalized.
Science fiction or science facts? Join our quiz and find out.
Future Life
Science fiction or science facts? Join our quiz and find out.
From exoskeletons for hikers to electric power from outer space: This quiz shows how science fiction becomes a reality or may do so tomorrow. Test your knowledge of technologies of tomorrow and day after tomorrow.
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If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.

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Know-how perfectly linked
Engineering
Know-how perfectly linked
Motion technology company Schaeffler is focused on innovative technologies that make products more efficient, sustainable, and safer. Each product is assigned to one of a total of eight product families. An overview.
AI in the cockpit
In Motion
AI in the cockpit
Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving into all areas of life – including aircraft cockpits. The objective is to use digital assistants to make flying smarter and safer and to replace co-pilots in the medium run.
Humanoids: The future begins now
Engineering
Humanoids: The future begins now
Companies around the world are testing and planning the deployment of humanoid robots at full stretch. At CES 2026, Schaeffler is showcasing forward-thinking technologies for exactly those kinds of robots.
The Line
Future Life
The Line
Some consider the linear city ‘The Line’ to be a visionary millennial project, others an example of absurdity. Here’s a current-state assessment in the spring of 2023 of how a city is supposed to grow 170 kilometers (106 miles) into the desert.
Schaeffler and Humanoid enter strategic technology partnership
Engineering
Schaeffler and Humanoid enter strategic technology partnership
Schaeffler continues to strengthen its position as a preferred technology partner for humanoid robotics by establishing a strategic technology partnership with British technology company Humanoid.
Software revolution on wheels
In Motion
Software revolution on wheels
At CES 2026, Schaeffler is showcasing how the future of mobility is not only being imagined but implemented into technology. Central to that effort is a term that fundamentally changes the automotive industry: the software-defined vehicle (SDV).
Goodbye hydraulics!
Engineering
Goodbye hydraulics!
Humanoid robots are becoming more powerful, nimble, and agile. Electric motors instead of the previous hydraulic units increasingly operate in their arms and legs. That’s a clearly discernible trend in other industrial applications as well.
Laser shows – the future of the sky on New Year’s Eve?
Think Green
Laser shows – the future of the sky on New Year’s Eve?
The tradition of ushering in the new year with a dazzling fireworks display is increasingly coming under criticism. An alternative has been capturing more and more hearts and heavens: laser shows.