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17.08.2021

Digitalization

ESSENTIAL Now Goes Audio

Our company magazine ESSENTIAL offers readers coverage of global megatrends and developments that impact our business and our lives. ESSENTIAL is a bi-annual print magazine that explores key topics like digitalization, renewable energy, or alternative powertrains. Each of these topics is covered online with additional weekly articles between each print issue. Listen to selected articles from the print edition in our new Audio Guide.

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ESSENTIAL AUDIO BOOK

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Artificial Intelligence and Research and Development

Artificial intelligence has already been revolutionizing research and development for decades. Why it’s important not to trust it blindly.

16.05.2024

Welcome to the AI Era

Artificial intelligence will take over everyday life as quickly as the smartphone did. Industry has to systematically embrace its advantages.

30.04.2024

“We benefit from working with AI”

How is AI changing everyday business life? CTO Dr. Matthias Sckuhr explains how Freudenberg Sealing Technologies can benefit from working with AI. 

Green windshield of car with passing skyline on which red traffic light and speed of cars in front is displayed in boxes.

16.04.2024

AI: Accelerator for the Auto Industry

AI is revolutionizing software development in the automotive industry. The new algorithms are not only used in highly automated driving.

09.04.2024

Networked Factory: Digitalization

Companies like Freudenberg Sealing Technologies are not just producing goods – they also generate a lot of data. It is crucial to network and correctly interpret this information to remain competitive.

A black square robot GoPal travels through a warehouse

18.03.2023

Autonomous Robots in Weinheim

Autonomous robots are conquering logistics and production. They select objects and bring them to the right station safely and precisely. Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is exploring their use.

A water bottle is grabbed from a shelf. Copyright: iStock / mediaphotos

01.03.2022

Grasping is Harder than Thinking

Seeing, grasping, grabbing - sounds simple. But it's not. Equipping robots with functioning hands is still one of the greatest challenges today.

Close-up of several hands performing an operation. Copyright: Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

22.02.2022

“Swab, Please, Dr. Robot!”

Robotics in the operating room complements the strengths of doctors. Why we still won't be operated on by autonomous robots for the time being.

Robotic arms on the stove preparing food in a pot.

15.02.2022

Two Arms and Three Stars

Robots working as kitchen helpers are scoring points for their precision and hygiene. Fully automatic restaurants and android waiters are still a sensation.

Blue autonomous car turning onto a street with a moving car

01.02.2022

Not Automatically Autonomous

Autonomous vehicles seem to be a special species of robot. The differences cannot be justified on either technical or commercial grounds. They lie in our view of driving.