Schunk's Smart Automation Solutions at Automatica 2025

Schunk at Automatica Smart automation solutions for the factory of the future

2025-05-26 Source: Schunk 2 min Reading Time

At Automatica 2025 in Munich, Schunk will present its comprehensive portfolio for smart automation — from standardized components and complete solutions to customized engineering. The focus is on maximum productivity and flexibility in industrial manufacturing.

Complete solutions based on a modular system make it easy to reliably implement simple process steps such as laser marking, sorting, and separating.(Source: Schunk) — Complete solutions based on a modular system make it easy to reliably implement simple process steps such as laser marking, sorting, and separating.
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Rising demands for efficiency, quality, and sustainability are driving companies to seek future-ready manufacturing solutions. This year’s automatica, which takes place from June 24 to 27, 2025 in Munich, is dedicated to exploring how smart automation and robotics are shaping the future. Schunk’s trade show appearance ties in directly with this theme: The company supports its customers with a broad, intelligently connected portfolio.

“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 advancing its range of robotic components. The company addresses the key challenges of automation, and enables more efficient, flexible, and productive processes. An example is the modular compensation unit AGM — a versatile solution 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.

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.

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.“

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