Programming robots took hundreds of hours. Using digital twins, engineers now train precise tasks in half a day.
A global motion technology manufacturer operating over 100 plants produces complex components for the automotive and industrial sectors.
Labor shortages and rising product complexity strained operations, while developing new robotic tasks for assembly lines required hundreds of hours...
“Schaeffler is consistently and persistently driving the digitalization of its plants. To be able to shape the production of the future, you need strong partners like NVIDIA. Together, we will create a digital ecosystem for our more than 100 plants that will sustainably revolutionize production processes.”
Automotive and industrial supplier of precision bearings and motion technology.
NVIDIA is a technology company that specializes in semiconductors, graphics processing units, and artificial intelligence for applications in data centers, gaming, and more.
Helped Schaeffler deploy trained AI models onto physical robots using a virtual controller.
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