At the Humanoid Robots Summit 2026 in Stuttgart, Vector Informatik, PEM Motion and FMC³ Robotics signed a memorandum of understanding at Vector's headquarters to jointly develop a standardized data infrastructure for industrial embodied AI. The partners intend to establish a joint venture in Germany to advance industrial scaling of the technology.
Key takeaways
- The collaboration targets a unified data infrastructure built on standardized protocols, covering multimodal data collection, processing and quality control, model training, simulation-based validation, deployment and feedback from live operations.
- PEM Motion contributes production engineering, industrialization and implementation experience in real manufacturing environments; Vector brings embedded systems, standardized data and communication protocols, plus data governance and compliance; FMC³ Robotics supplies its embodied AI brain platform and matching data collection solutions.
- The partners argue that reliable robot performance in production depends on high-quality physical-world data and an infrastructure linking collection, training, validation, deployment and continuous improvement — not only models and hardware.
- Vector's Dr Thomas Beck cites standardized interfaces, trusted communication and secure integration as prerequisites for scaling intelligent robotic systems in industry.
- PEM Motion's Professor Dr-Ing Achim Kampker highlights speed of harnessing AI and humanoid robots in industrial settings, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises.
FMC³ Robotics' Dr Joachim Fetzer frames industrial embodied AI as a data and systems challenge as much as a model one. By connecting real industrial environments, standardized data technologies and embodied AI, the partners aim to create an industry-ready foundation for translating physical interactions into robust robotic intelligence.
Source: Robotics & Automation News · Published 2026-10-02T17:49:16 · “FMC³ Robotics, Vector, and PEM Motion plan embodied AI joint venture”