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Excited to launch the first Community Spotlight Today’s feature highlights Axel from Schaeffler Axel has been working closely with the Wandelbots team on various robotics and simulation projects and wants to share his experience using Wandelbots NOVA in real industrial applications. Could you please give us a quick introduction about yourself? 𝐻𝑖, 𝐼'𝑚 𝐴𝑥𝑒𝑙. 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑅𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 NVIDIA Omniverse. 𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜, 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑁𝑂𝑉𝐴 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠. Where did you hear about Wandelbots NOVA? 𝐴𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑉𝐼𝐷𝐼𝐴 𝑂𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒. 𝑁𝑂𝑉𝐴 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. What use cases have you tackled so far? 𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑟. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑁𝑂𝑉𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑂𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒. 𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑁𝑂𝑉𝐴 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑂𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠. 𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑅𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑁𝑂𝑉𝐴 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. What keeps you coming back to NOVA? 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑁𝑂𝑉𝐴 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠𝑒, 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑁𝑉𝐼𝐷𝐼𝐴 𝑂𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠. What would you like to see in the future from Wandelbots NOVA? 𝐹𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐴𝑝𝑝 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑅𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒/𝑇𝑜𝑟𝑞𝑢𝑒-𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙. Huge thanks to Axel for being an active part of the growing Developer Community! If you’re working at the edge of robotics, simulation, or AI and want to collaborate, we’d love to hear your story too. Join the Developer Community. Link in the comments 👇 Robots 💜 People

At SIGGRAPH 2025, NVIDIA Robotics is calling for standardization in robotics simulation with #OpenUSD Wandelbots is proud to contribute to that vision for industrial manufacturing and automation. URDF imports for Isaac Sim → USD export with Blender → ready-to-use USD robot assets synchronized with digital twins in NVIDIA Omniverse Accelerating robotics automation for industrial manufacturing: faster, more standardized, and more connected "𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜" with Aaron Luk, NVIDIA The talk, held yesterday, explored the power of #OpenUSD and highlighted how Wandelbots’ contributions are helping bring this vision to life. The recording will be available soon. Link in the comments 👇 Robots 💜 People

At SIGGRAPH 2025, NVIDIA Robotics is calling for standardization in robotics simulation with #OpenUSD Wandelbots is proud to contribute to that vision for industrial manufacturing and automation. URDF imports for Isaac Sim → USD export with Blender → ready-to-use USD robot assets synchronized with digital twins in NVIDIA Omniverse Accelerating robotics automation for industrial manufacturing: faster, more standardized, and more connected "𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜" with Aaron Luk, NVIDIA The talk, held yesterday, explored the power of #OpenUSD and highlighted how Wandelbots’ contributions are helping bring this vision to life. The recording will be available soon. Link in the comments 👇 Robots 💜 People

Where does your robotics strategy stand today and how do you level up? 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. A pragmatic guide to AI in industrial automation helps reveal your current stage and smart ways to advance. Robots 💜 People

Programming industrial robots just got 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 easier. If you've ever tried to get a robotics dev environment up and running, you know the challenge: toolchains, dependencies, model files, SDKs… and that’s before you write a single line of code. For the next Wandelbots NOVA release: Microsoft Visual Studio Code integration on Wandelbots NOVA Operating System ✨ Built to improve the developer experience for Python-based automation projects. This first BETA release includes: ✔ A ready-to-use Python project with the NOVA Python SDK ✔ Rerun support with robot and path visualization ✔ Access to many robot models out-of-the-box ✔ A fast, frictionless way to start programming industrial robots Explore what’s possible when setup time drops to zero. Robots 💜 People

If you wait for certainty, you’ll miss the momentum. AI in production is no longer a question of 𝒊𝒇, but 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕. In this clip from the automatica Forum, Katharina Jessa delivers a pointed message to industrial decision-makers: Start exploring #AI now, even amid uncertainty. The companies already integrating AI into production are accelerating. Those holding back risk falling behind. This moment came from a broader conversation with FANUC Europe, SCHUNK - Hand in hand for tomorrow, Olaf Munkelt, and VDMA on scaling AI for real business impact, showing what's possible when you have the right guidance and enablement. The takeaway: AI is how you unlock efficiency, strengthen resilience, and stay competitive. The sooner you begin, the greater the advantage. Robots 💜People #industrialmanufacturing #robotics #automation

There’s no company big enough, smart enough, or fast enough to do it alone. The future of industrial automation will only happen together. If you’re a tech company in the automation space, here’s the reality: Software is no longer just part of the solution. It is the driver of value creation. In modern #digitaltwin environments, powered by industrial metaverse technologies and #PhysicalAI, companies are seeing benefits in the double-digit millions. Not over years. In just one week of deployment. The possibilities are massive. But unlocking them requires collaboration across tools, systems, and expertise. This is what we showcased at automatica 2025 and what’s already running in production with partners across the ecosystem. Let’s stop thinking in silos. Let’s build the future together. Robots 💜 People

Robotics should work for people. Not the other way around. “We started Wandelbots with the mission to make robots more accessible through technology,” Christian Piechnick said. That means giving engineers better tools, helping manufacturers move faster, and making automation more accessible for everyone. A new feature in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung shares how software-first robotics is already transforming some of Europe’s largest manufacturing operations. The story highlights real results from customers like Schaeffler and Volkswagen Group, who are scaling automation with software that adapts and learns. This is the era of intelligent automation. It’s powered by real data. Accessible through intuitive tools. “We want to build a company that matters for Germany and Europe. And we want to prove it can be done from Dresden.”   Germany’s roots are in engineering. Its future is in intuitive, human-first automation. Let’s make automation easier. For everyone. Robots 💜 People #News

The biggest 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 to #robotics are happening via software! From faster deployments, lower cost of ownership, and creating more flexibility, this is what #robots need. While attending automatica, I caught up with Wandelbots, a growing company that has raised over $120 million to change the way we work with robots! I talked with their CRO, Katharina Jessa, to learn what features they were showcasing in Munich! 🔹 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐀 𝐎𝐒 & 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥 | Build with Python or low-code tools. A growing app ecosystem empowers engineers and operators to deploy and manage robots faster. 🔹 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐀 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 | Connect robots to AI and analytics platforms like Power BI and Microsoft Fabric for real-time insights and smarter automation. 🔹 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐈 | Simulate and validate robotic workflows in NVIDIA Omniverse using digital twins and reinforcement learning—saving time and costs. 🔹 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 | Easily connect with major robot brands like Yaskawa Motoman, KUKA, FANUC America Corporation, and ABB through direct controller integration, boosting safety and flexibility. If you want to learn more about how unified software platforms can bring more industrial automation to the manufacturing floor, check out Wandelbots on LinkedIn or the website link below! #themanufacturingmillennial #WandelbotsParter #robots #automation #Automatica2025 Fariba | Patrick | Anja H. | Tanja | Juliana

Complexity used to slow down #robotics. Now, 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 delivers speed, flexibility, and intelligence at every level. With the right platform, you gain the tools to deploy and scale automation. Efficiently. With confidence. 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 | When production systems are disconnected, it's difficult to identify issues, refine workflows, or scale with confidence. 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 solves this by combining AI services and data modeling to stream real-time data from robotic systems into analytics tools like Power BI and Microsoft Fabric. This connected intelligence helps you continuously optimize operations and make faster, smarter business decisions. 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 | Rigid development environments limit how fast you can respond to changing demands on the factory floor. 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔 𝗢𝗦 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹 give both engineers and operators the flexibility to build and scale automation using Python or intuitive low-code apps. With a growing ecosystem of applications, you can move from concept to deployment more efficiently, no matter your role or experience level. 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 | Connect seamlessly across major robot brands like KUKA, FANUC Europe, Yaskawa Motoman, and ABB. The underlying software integrates directly with controllers, retaining safety while enhancing performance and increasing flexibility. This is what it looks like when IT and OT work as one. Robots 💜 People presented by Fabio Gehrlicher at automatica