SCHUNK has been represented on the university campus of Heilbronn University since the summer with an Innovation Hub – an experimental space that combines different expertise and competencies. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Park, also located there, brings together startups, research players, professionals and talent.
AI-based products and services from Baden-Württemberg will be created in Heilbronn in the future. In 2021, the city prevailed in the Baden-Württemberg state government’s location competition, so the new Innovation Park for Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been located on the university campus since the summer of 2022. SCHUNK is also represented with an office to ensure that it always has its finger on the pulse of new developments as a first mover. Artificial intelligence is a technology that will gradually cover all SCHUNK products and services in the future.
“As a founding member of the AI Park in Heilbronn, we enjoy excellent conditions for picking up innovative ideas with students and partners on site in order to develop new concepts related to AI and the digital portfolio.”
Dr. Martin May,
Director Innovation Center SCHUNK
Moreover, the fact that SCHUNK brings many years of practical experience from the field of automation and production as a technology leader, proves to be ideal. In combination with the scientific expertise of the university and the fresh ideas of young startups, this creates an extremely fruitful dialog.
“We want to use SCHUNK’s presence in the Innovation and AI Park to develop new ideas and concepts around digital products, services and AI with students and partners,“ says Martin May, Director Technology & Innovation Management at SCHUNK.
Room for exchanging ideas with students
Students enrolled there in the famous Ecole 42 programming school are among those who also benefit from this exchange, as they can gain useful practical knowledge in real-life applications. The conditions are excellent – many well-known, regionally located companies are preparing for the future on the campus. A lively exchange of knowledge takes place in regular seminars and workshops. The atmosphere at the Innovation Park makes it possible to work in an agile and innovative way. SCHUNK is in the thick of it and is using this opportunity to continuously expand its partner network as well as its own expertise in the field of AI. These efforts result in products and services of the next generation.