BMW Group Plant Landshut Develops Software for Humanoid Robotics in Component Production

The BMW Group is expanding its expertise in physical AI, with BMW Group Plant Landshut taking on central software development tasks for AI-supported robotics in component production. The focus is on open software platforms, the generation, provision and processing of training data, simulation and motion planning, as well as the training of robotic systems.

The plant is developing software that enables robots to perceive their environment, evaluate situations and derive appropriate actions independently. The goal is a modular robotics ecosystem in which diverse systems work together, creating a technical basis for new functionality and a wide variety of industrial applications.

The project team captures data from real production environments and test setups, and integrates it into robot simulations, enabling processes to be tested in advance and learning processes to be accelerated. The BMW Group is working closely with partners from industry and academia, including Athenyx Robotics, to refine the basic technology and create a so-called “intelligence stack” that integrates perception, learning, simulation and decision-making.

The aim is to enable humanoid robots to perform complex tasks in industrial environments independently.