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Accenture, SAP and Vodafone Just Piloted a Humanoid Robot in a Duisburg Warehouse. The Giveaway Line in the Press Release: It Will 「Lower Overtime Costs and the Dependency on Temporary Labor」. Robotics

Accenture, SAP and Vodafone Just Piloted a Humanoid Robot in a Duisburg Warehouse. The Giveaway Line in the Press Release: It Will 「Lower Overtime Costs and the Dependency on Temporary Labor」.

Three of the largest IT and telecom brands in Europe used Hannover Messe 2026 to announce that a humanoid robot has been doing warehouse inspections inside Vodafone Procure & Connect's Duisburg facility. The pilot is pitched as 'safety-enhancing.' The press release also says, out loud, that it will reduce overtime and temp-labor spend.

#accenture#sap#vodafone
Schaeffler Just Committed to 1,000 Humanoids — And Is Selling the Gearboxes That Power Them. Germany's Tier-1 Auto Supplier Is Now Both Customer and Vendor in Its Own Automation. Robotics

Schaeffler Just Committed to 1,000 Humanoids — And Is Selling the Gearboxes That Power Them. Germany's Tier-1 Auto Supplier Is Now Both Customer and Vendor in Its Own Automation.

On April 22 Schaeffler AG — the €16B German automotive Tier-1 — committed to deploying at least 1,000 Hexagon AEON humanoids across its global production network by 2033, and simultaneously signed on as Hexagon's supplier of the planetary and strain-wave actuators that power them. It is the third humanoid deal Schaeffler has signed in six months.

#schaeffler#hexagon-robotics#aeon