Bharat Forge has partnered with Agile Robots, a Germany-based company, to advance AI-led industrial automation. The collaboration will focus on developing solutions for the automotive, healthcare, and consumer electronics industries. Both companies signed an MoU to co-develop bespoke solutions, including existing Agile Robots solutions for India and Southeast Asia, and to deploy state-of-the-art vision and AI-based robotic solutions to enable fully autonomous factories.
Strategic Collaboration for Automation
Bharat Forge and Agile Robots S.E. have agreed to explore a strategic collaboration, focusing on AI-driven robotics and intelligent industrial automation. The partnership aims to leverage Bharat Forge’s expertise and Agile Robots’ solutions for cutting-edge deployments.
Focus Industries
The collaboration will target solutions for the automotive, healthcare, and consumer electronics industries. The Indo-German partnership is exclusively focused on civilian industry and manufacturing.
Key Objectives of the MoU
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlines the following key objectives:
Co-develop, set up capabilities, and offer bespoke solutions in manufacturing, industrial CPG, and logistics space, including existing solutions of Agile Robots for India and Southeast Asia markets.
Develop and deploy state-of-the-art vision and AI-based robotic solutions as strategic partners to enable a fully autonomous factory.
Executive Commentary
Mr. Amit Kalyani, Vice Chairman and Joint Managing Director, Bharat Forge Limited, stated that the collaboration reinforces Bharat Forge’s ambition to provide state-of-the-art intelligent robotic and automation solutions and drive manufacturing efficiencies. He expressed excitement about deploying bespoke automation solutions across sectors.
Rory Sexton, Executive Director, Agile Robots, noted that the partnership strengthens Agile Robots’ position in India’s manufacturing sector and will improve the efficiency and precision of entire production systems by combining their expertise with Bharat Forge’s sectoral knowledge.
Source: BSE
