Innovations for rail transportation
In Motion
Innovations for rail transportation
Schaeffler is extending its portfolio for rail transportation along the entire vehicle lifecycle – with the aim of increasing availability and sustainabililty.
The future of efficient space travel?
Engineering
The future of efficient space travel?
In the vacuum of outer space, ion thrusters have increasingly been gaining importance in recent years. They’re regarded as key technologies for satellites, space probes, and crewed flights to planets such as Mars. But do they also have potential on
High tech against the blaze
Digital
High tech against the blaze
Satellites sense heat developments from outer space. Sensors sniff fire gases, and drones search for hot spots. Scientists around the globe are working on a better digital infrastructure against forest fires.
My vacation, my robot
Future Life
My vacation, my robot
Welcome to the hotel of the future where the concierge wears sensors and cameras instead of a suit. Tourism is currently seeing a technological transformation. “tomorrow” names examples around the globe.
Will sailing freighters make a comeback?
Think Green
Will sailing freighters make a comeback?
How wind power is regaining traction in shipping – and why modern sailing vessels might become part of the decarbonization effort.
Time travel
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Powerful words

A crisis is a productive state. You simply have to get rid of its aftertaste of catastrophe.

Max Frisch, Swiss novelist and architect
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Impeccably round and smooth
Engineering
Impeccably round and smooth
Perfectly shaped steel spheres as rolling elements in bearings exhibit variances only in the micrometer range: a manufacturing technology feat whose invention dates back 140 years in 2023.
The Line
Future Life
The Line
Some consider the linear city ‘The Line’ to be a visionary millennial project, others an example of absurdity. Here’s a current-state assessment in the spring of 2023 of how a city is supposed to grow 170 kilometers (106 miles) into the desert.
Know-how perfectly linked
Engineering
Know-how perfectly linked
Motion technology company Schaeffler is focused on innovative technologies that make products more efficient, sustainable, and safer. Each product is assigned to one of a total of eight product families. An overview.
Test your knowledge about humanoids and other robots
Engineering
Test your knowledge about humanoids and other robots
From intelligent humanoid machines in industrial settings to four-legged fire-fighting rescuers to robo dogs as service dogs for the blind. The future is closer than we may think. Join our quiz.
Innovation boost for green energies
Think Green
Innovation boost for green energies
It doesn’t always have to be a solar module on a roof or a wind turbine in a field. Around the world, resourceful engineers are seeking to tap new energy potential. “tomorrow” presents three innovative pilot projects.
How learning works in the age of AI
Digital
How learning works in the age of AI
Writing, translating, creating – artificial intelligence makes many things easier for us. Too easy? Renowned linguist Dr. Giorgio Iemmolo fears that AI is going to lure us into becoming mentally lazy. An interview.
Production reimagined
Engineering
Production reimagined
Humanoid robotics needs more than AI and the factory of the future needs more than data models. Schaeffler shows how both come together – in actuators that enable motion and in the Industrial Metaverse that reimagines manufacturing.
Goodbye hydraulics!
Engineering
Goodbye hydraulics!
Humanoid robots are becoming more powerful, nimble, and agile. Electric motors instead of the previous hydraulic units increasingly operate in their arms and legs. That’s a clearly discernible trend in other industrial applications as well.