{"id":929165,"date":"2025-11-25T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=929165"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:57:30","slug":"robotics-and-ai-the-future-of-the-economy-and-industry","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/publication\/whitepaper-en\/robotics-and-ai-the-future-of-the-economy-and-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotics and AI: The future of the economy and industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"zw-cgb header-standard-block is-first-block desktop-has-image mobile-has-image default-margin white-color content-left content-down zw-atr-portrait-pos-default zw-atr-landscape-pos-left-bottom height-default \"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"zw-cgb-content col-12 mx-auto\"><div  class=\"header-standard-inner-container\"><div class=\"bg-image\"><span class=\"copyright-image d-none d-lg-block\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"respnsive-img d-none d-lg-block\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"atreus_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/innovationslounge-2025-header.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/innovationslounge-2025-header.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/innovationslounge-2025-header-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/innovationslounge-2025-header-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/innovationslounge-2025-header-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/innovationslounge-2025-header-1440x810.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1920\/1080 !important\" title=\"atreus_\"><span class=\"copyright-image d-lg-none d-block\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-img d-lg-none d-block\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"atreus_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/innovationslounge-2025-teaser-4zu3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/innovationslounge-2025-teaser-4zu3.jpg 823w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/innovationslounge-2025-teaser-4zu3-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/innovationslounge-2025-teaser-4zu3-480x361.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"aspect-ratio:823\/619 !important\" title=\"atreus_\"><\/div><div class=\"preheadline-container\"><div class=\"zw-breadcrumb-container black-color d-md-down-none\"><\/div><p class=\" zw-cgb preheadline zw-prevent-animation\">Whitepaper<\/p><h1 class=\" zw-cgb headline zw-prevent-animation\">Robotics and AI: The future of the economy and industry<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"inner-content\"><p class=\" zw-cgb fulltext zw-prevent-animation\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"zw-breadcrumb-container black-color d-none d-md-down-block\"><nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"label\">c<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\">Home<\/a><span class=\"separator\"> c <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/publikationen-events\/\">Publikationen<\/a><span class=\"separator\"> c <\/span><span class=\"last\"><\/span><\/p><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\r\n    <div  class=\"zw-cgb  intern-zitat-style  zitat-block black-color default-margin default-padding \">\r\n      <div class=\"row zitat-row\">\r\n        <div class=\" image-container g-0 order-1  col-menu-5 col-12 \">\r\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/team-en\/dr-christian-frank\/\">          <div class=\"img-with-gradient\">\r\n\r\n            <span class=\"copyright-image\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"atreus_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fra-ch-dr-v2.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fra-ch-dr-v2.png 555w, https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/fra-ch-dr-v2-480x600.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"aspect-ratio:555\/694 !important\" title=\"atreus_\">            <div class=\"linear-gradient-container\"><\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n          <div class=\"zitat-img-text-container\"><div class=\"zitat-name-container fulltext\"><span>Dr. Christian  Frank<\/span><\/div><div class=\"zitat-discription-container fulltext\"><span>Managing Director<\/span><\/div><\/div>          <\/a>        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"g-0 zitat-text-container order-2 col-menu-7 col-12 \">\r\n          <div class=\"zitat-text\"><span class=\"zitat-start-icon atreus-font\">D<\/span><p class=\"zw-cgb fulltext\">\u201eAI and robotics are no longer add-ons, but rather the driving force behind the next industrial revolution. Those who intelligently combine the two will achieve economies of scale, efficiency, and resilience at the same time.\u201c<\/p><\/div>                  <\/div>\r\n\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\n\n\n    <div  class=\"zw-cgb  textblock black-color zw-content-pos-center  default-margin \">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"zw-cgb-content col-12 g-0\">\n          <h2 class=\"zw-cgb headline \">How robotics and AI enable efficiency and greater competitive advantage<\/h2><p class=\" zw-cgb fulltext \">Robotics and artificial intelligence are transforming business models, automating processes, and accelerating innovation. Companies that make targeted use of these technologies increase their efficiency, reduce costs, and secure a competitive edge in the marketplace.<\/p><p class=\" zw-cgb fulltext \">At an event organized by Atreus in collaboration with the German Fraunhofer Alumni in the summer of 2025, experts from applied research and practice worked out the keys to success, how development cycles can be accelerated, and how small and medium-sized enterprises can find suitable use cases. 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Its full potential is realized only when paired with robotics: machines that learn, adapt, and act autonomously are able to fundamentally transform production logic and value chains.\u201c<\/p><\/div>          <div class=\"zitat-img-text-container no-image-layout\"><div class=\"zitat-name-container fulltext\"><span>Prof. Dr. Axel M\u00fcller-Groeling<\/span><\/div><div class=\"zitat-discription-container fulltext\"><span>Executive Board Member for Research Infrastructures and Digital Transformation, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft<\/span><\/div><\/div>        <\/div>\r\n\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div  class=\"zw-cgb    infoblock default-margin black-color  \">\n      <div class=\" row\">\n        <div class=\"zw-cgb-content has-padding col-12\">\n          <div class=\"preheadline-container parent-has-padding\"><p class=\" zw-cgb preheadline ' .  . 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