BMW is testing humanoid robots in production

BMW sees no threat to jobs

Plant manager Petra Peterhänsel emphasized that the robots are not intended to replace employees. “Employees don’t need to worry that jobs will be lost due to the use of humanoid robots,” she said. Instead, employees would take on other tasks at the plant.

Once trained, deployable anywhere

BMW has been testing the technology in Leipzig since the end of last year. Following laboratory trials and initial production tests, the actual pilot phase is now underway under production conditions.

The pilot phase is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. Afterward, BMW plans to gradually expand the technology to other applications and locations. “We want to complete the pilot phase by the end of the year and then industrialize it, meaning roll it out and find further application scenarios—not only in Leipzig, but also in other plants,” said Ströbel.

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