Trumpf uses AI to make industrial robots more independent

At its development site in Ditzingen, Germany, Trumpf is working to make robots more independent by using artificial intelligence.

The family-owned company is best known for lasers used in areas including sheet-metal processing and chip production.

Its goal is for robots to work with sheet-metal machines as part of an intelligent production system.

Trumpf sees this as a way to compete as Chinese rivals put pressure on the company, which has long been a world market leader.

The work reflects Trumpf's effort to turn new technologies into tools that can be used in industry.

The account gives no timeline or specific next step for the project.