Industrial robots and AI: New capabilities and risks

AI and Robotics How PLM Secures the Use of AI and Robotics in Industry

2025-08-04 A guest post by Jens Rollenmüller* | Translated by AI 4 min Reading Time

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Industrial robots gain new capabilities in combination with AI. This development promises efficiency and productivity increases but also entails risks. PLM can help ensure the responsible use of AI and robotics.

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) can make a crucial contribution to ensuring the conscientious use of AI and robotics.(Image: © ImageFlow - stock.adobe.com) — Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) can make a crucial contribution to ensuring the conscientious use of AI and robotics.
(Image: © ImageFlow - stock.adobe.com)

Until now, robots have operated strictly based on rules within clearly defined boundaries. However, a new generation of intelligent systems is emerging. Advances in AI and robotics are accelerating the transition from rigid workflows to self-learning production, where machines independently improve and optimize processes. This significantly reduces time-consuming tasks such as setting up and reconfiguring production lines.

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