The goal of the RoX collaborative project, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), is to develop a digital ecosystem. This ecosystem aims to facilitate or enable the use of innovative AI-based robotic solutions in various practical applications and industries. Manufacturing companies, as well as the logistics and service sectors, will particularly benefit from the project’s results.

Potential of AI-based solutions not yet fully tapped

The use of AI-based robotic systems holds tremendous potential for strengthening industries that rely on the high efficiency and flexibility of robotic systems. In the coming years, significant growth rates are expected in the robotics market. To fully harness this potential, the RoX project aims to elevate robotic systems to a new level of performance through advanced robotics components, artificial intelligence (AI), and a digital ecosystem. This will shorten innovation cycles and significantly improve system integration and deployment.

Collaboration between science and industry

The high complexity of AI-based robotic systems cannot be fully addressed or managed by any single market player. Therefore, in the RoX project, a consortium of businesses and research institutions collaborates across organizational boundaries. The focus is on use cases that address the current needs of the industry and offer innovative, transferable solutions. Key application areas include:

• Loading and unloading operations throughout the logistics chain

• Order picking processes in unstructured environments

• Multifunctional and location-flexible robotic systems in production

• AI-based commissioning of robotic systems

In these areas, the feasibility and practical applicability of the developed solutions will be demonstrated and evaluated for their potential for continuous development and scalability.

Focus on practical application

To develop a scalable digital ecosystem for AI-based robotics, RoX focuses on integrating practical solutions into development and application environments, providing quality-assured software components and AI models, as well as designing semantic models and metadata structures. Ensuring data security within the robotics ecosystem and linking with international initiatives are also integral parts of the project. A sustainable organizational structure guarantees that the developed software components, semantic models, and the digital ecosystem will be available and continuously improved beyond the project’s end. This way, RoX will make a significant contribution to the future of AI-based robotics and sustainably enhance the innovation capacity of the participating industries.

About the RoX project

RoX is a research project funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), which commenced in September 2024 and has a duration of 30 months. A consortium of leading industry and research partners aims to develop a digital ecosystem for AI-based robotics, featuring scalable and innovative solutions for practical implementation.

Consortium Members: ABB AG, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), DFKI, Fiege Logistik Stiftung & Co. KG, Gluth Systemtechnik GmbH, RIF Institut für Forschung und Transfer e.V., Intrinsic Innovation GmbH, INVITE GmbH, Mercedes-Benz AG, Roboception GmbH, Robomotion GmbH, SCHUNK SE & Co. KG, SOTEC GmbH & Co. KG, T-Systems International GmbH, VDMA Robotics + Automation, Wacker Chemie AG, Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG, Yardstick Robotics GmbH, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA, Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Dürr Systems AG, Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH, SAFELOG GmbH, Siemens AG

Consortium Leadership: ABB (Spokesperson), Siemens, DLR, Fraunhofer IPA

This project is funded by the European Union and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) through DARP funds.

More information: RoX | LinkedIn

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