RoX: German Project Fosters AI-Based Robotics, Roboception Contributes Perception Solutions

RoX will build a digital ecosystem that facilitates or even enables the use of innovative AI-based robotic solutions in various practical applications and industries.

The high complexity of AI-based robotic systems cannot be covered or mastered by any single market player alone. This is why a consortium from industry and science is cooperating in RoX across company boundaries. The focus is on practical use cases that address the industry’s current need and offer innovative, scalable solutions. Central areas of application include

  • Loading and unloading processes along the entire logistics chain
  • Picking processes in unstructured environments
  • Multifunctional and location-flexible robotic systems in production environments
  • AI-based commissioning of robot systems

In all of these areas, the feasibility and practicality of the developed solutions will be demonstrated and evaluated with regard to their potential for continuous further development and scalability.

Within this project, Roboception will develop new/ extended perception solutions tailored to specific application areas sich as logistics or factory automation, and ensure their efficient integration into the RoX ecosystem.

About the RoX project

RoX is a BMWK-funded research project that started in September 2024 with a duration of 30 months. A consortium of leading industrial and scientific partners has set itself the goal of developing a digital ecosystem for AI-based robotics with scalable and innovative solutions designed 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-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA, Fraunhofer-Institut für Materialfluss und Logistik IML, Dürr Systems AG, Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH, SAFELOG GmbH, Siemens AG