Rising demands for efficiency, quality, and sustainability are driving companies to seek future-ready manufacturing solutions. This year’s automatica is dedicated to exploring how smart automation and robotics are shaping the future. SCHUNK’s trade show appearance ties in directly with this theme: As a reliable partner, the company supports its customers with a broad, intelligently connected portfolio. With a clear technology strategy, SCHUNK aims to make flexible and sustainable automation possible – at every level and in any production environment, both, today and in the future.
“By deeply understanding our customers’ needs and processes, we are able to provide perfectly tailored solutions,” emphasizes Johannes Ketterer, COO/CSO of SCHUNK. “From standard components and customized special solutions to fully developed applications – we offer exactly what they need at any given time.” This also characterizes the solutions SCHUNK will be showcasing at automatica 2025.
SCHUNK is continuously and future-orientedly advancing its range of robotic components. With perfectly coordinated products, the company addresses the key challenges of automation, and enables more efficient, flexible, and productive processes. A fitting example is the modular compensation unit AGM – one of the versatile solutions for optimizing process reliability and protecting robots and workpieces from wear. It compensates for inaccuracies ranging from just a few grams to 400 kilograms in all directions.
Whether companies are just starting with automation or already looking for tailored solutions, SCHUNK provides the right support for every requirement. With a three-step approach, the automation expert guides its customers throughout the entire process: from needs analysis to validation — including in SCHUNK’s own CoLabs — and all the way to installation and commissioning. SCHUNK supports the implementation of standard components and assemblies as well as comprehensive complete solutions. The goal is to sustainably increase productivity and make automation easily accessible.
For more complex requirements, SCHUNK draws on its proven engineering expertise to develop customized component solutions in close collaboration with customers across various industries — going beyond the standard portfolio. One example is the aseptic quick-change system, developed for applications in the pharmaceutical and food industries. It features pneumatic, electric, and mechanical feed-throughs, a hygienic design with durable surfaces, and meets GMP Class A requirements. In addition, it is equipped with integrated sensors and requires no additional energy for locking.
In the field of E-Mobility, SCHUNK develops tailor-made automation solutions for battery cell handling – from the handling of cells in the composition of battery packs to the final assembly in the vehicle. The RCG round cell gripper, for example, is specifically designed for handling 46 mm round cells – both individual battery cells and the precise assembly of complete cell clusters.
The SCHUNK’s engineering offering is complemented by digital tools such as the Digital Twin for planning and simulation. Customers can virtually plan, simulate, and optimize their automation tasks. Partnerships with technology companies like NVIDIA support the simulation and design of complex automation projects.
Strong partners for humanoid robotics
Industrial robots and cobots in particular - are indispensable for future-oriented automation of production processes. For these systems, as well as for the next generation of robotic systems such as humanoid robots, SCHUNK offers suitable end-of-arm components with open digital modules. The anthropomorphic SVH 5-finger gripping hand, for example, is available with open-source software and as a Digital Twin. Thanks to decades of expertise in flexible gripping technology and strong partnerships with industrial companies, startups, and research institutions, we are opening up new fields of application that go beyond the scientific environment. An impressive live demonstration at the SCHUNK booth – developed in cooperation with NEURA Robotics - shows what this could look like in practice.
Timo Gessmann, CTO at SCHUNK, will explore the topic in more detail at the automatica Forum on June 24, 2025, at 11:30 a.m. as part of the panel discussion “Humanoid Robots: The Next Generation of Robotics?“
On June 24, 2025, at 12:00 p.m., Henrik A. Schunk, Chairman of the Board of SCHUNK, will highlight the important role data plays in digitalization and automation during the panel discussion “Manufacturing X: Why Industry Needs a Sovereign Data Space.“
Visit SCHUNK at automatica 2025: Hall A5, Booths 401 & 501