From suppliers to enablers
Future Life
From suppliers to enablers
Employers of the future: Why AI, Gen Z, and new life realities require a reinvention of the employer’s role.
Production reimagined
Engineering
Production reimagined
Humanoid robotics needs more than AI and the factory of the future needs more than data models. Schaeffler shows how both come together – in actuators that enable motion and in the Industrial Metaverse that reimagines manufacturing.
What gamers are better at
Digital
What gamers are better at
Properly used, gaming can turn from a time drain into a training space for life – especially for professional life, according to Professor Ingo Froböse, a renowned sports scientist. Learn more about the underrated skills of gamers.
Electrically into the future
In Motion
Electrically into the future
Electric vehicles are on the rise. Hybrids are here to stay. Mobility is evolving in complex ways—shaped by regional differences and new demands. Schaeffler is ready: with a broad product portfolio in the field of automotive drivetrains.
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.
Time travel
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Everything that is against nature cannot prevail.

Charles Darwin, English naturalist (1809–1882)
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AI in the cockpit
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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.
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.
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.
Welcome aboard Robo
Engineering
Welcome aboard Robo
Flexibility – humanoid robots are going to perform more and more tasks at work, operating with advanced AI and sensitive sensors. Schaeffler experts have shared with us in what direction robotics is headed.
The eternal automobile
In Motion
The eternal automobile
Electric vehicles show unexpected potential for long life. That’s reason enough to implement new concepts for a significant extension of their service life – for environmental as well as economic reasons.
Between anode and cathode: the future
In Motion
Between anode and cathode: the future
As energy storage systems for electric vehicles, traction batteries are increasingly attracting attention. They’re a challenge and key technology for climate-friendly mobility. A look at the current state of development and at technological prospects
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.
Hot sand for hot winters
Think Green
Hot sand for hot winters
Wouldn’t it be great if the summer heat could be recovered for heating in winter? Scientists worldwide are researching this. “tomorrow” presents new types of storage: Sand, acid and, more recently, soapstone.