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Humanoids making humanoids
Engineering
Humanoids making humanoids
At the new Lighthouse Factory of the Motion Technology Company Schaeffler in Taicang, China, humanoid robots are assembling key components for the next generation of robots – while also training for use in industrial production.
Who’s going to drive tomorrow’s trains?
In Motion
Who’s going to drive tomorrow’s trains?
No human driver in the engine cab anymore – instead, cameras, sensors, and AI are steering trains through tomorrow’s railroad traffic. What already works today, and what foundations still need to be laid.
The electrified construction site
Think Green
The electrified construction site
The world is literally a huge construction site. New roads, squares, and buildings emerge day in day out. And in their wake so do copious quantities of emissions. Electrification is supposed to make construction sites quieter and cleaner.
High tech against the blaze
Digital
High tech against the blaze
Satellites sense heat developments from outer space. Sensors sniff fire gases, and drones search for hot spots. Scientists around the globe are working on a better digital infrastructure against forest fires.
My vacation, my robot
Future Life
My vacation, my robot
Welcome to the hotel of the future where the concierge wears sensors and cameras instead of a suit. Tourism is currently seeing a technological transformation. “tomorrow” names examples around the globe.
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Powerful words

EDP systems process what they're fed. If the input is garbage, the output will be garbage.

André Kostolany, American stock market expert and journalist
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The fuel cell: an onboard power-plant
Think Green
The fuel cell: an onboard power-plant
Electric powertrains don’t have to involve range issues: The fuel cell is a case in point. How does this technology work and why has it recently become a hot topic?
Spun into space
In Motion
Spun into space
Instead of burning thousands of tons of fuel the technology start-up SpinLaunch is planning to hurl rockets into orbit using centrifugal force. This is how the launcher centrifuge is said to work ...
Humanoids making humanoids
Engineering
Humanoids making humanoids
At the new Lighthouse Factory of the Motion Technology Company Schaeffler in Taicang, China, humanoid robots are assembling key components for the next generation of robots – while also training for use in industrial production.
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.
When knowledge becomes spatially experienceable
Future Life
When knowledge becomes spatially experienceable
Using extended reality, learners are moving through virtual worlds interacting with objects and simulations. The added didactic value lies in complex facts not only being explained but directly experienced.
The electrified construction site
Think Green
The electrified construction site
The world is literally a huge construction site. New roads, squares, and buildings emerge day in day out. And in their wake so do copious quantities of emissions. Electrification is supposed to make construction sites quieter and cleaner.
Schaeffler tests new braking technology
In Motion
Schaeffler tests new braking technology
Clean, quiet, and durable – Schaeffler has sent its DTM Innovation Taxi onto the racetrack for the first time equipped with a wet lamella brake. Learn more about the successful test run at the Nürburgring.
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.