Physical AI

Interaction instead of rigid routines: We build the bridge where AI acts physically and machines learn to actively understand their environment. SOTEC engineering makes autonomy real.

Our Services & Offerings

Physical AI Readiness & SOTEC Robotics Lab

In joint workshops, we identify your most valuable use cases and build digital prototypes of your planned Physical AI solution. In the SOTEC Robotics Lab, we validate these designs under real-world conditions.

  • Discovery Workshops: Ideation, Use Case development, and ROI analysis.
  • Infrastructure Assessment: Evaluation of your existing OT/IT landscape.
  • SOTEC Robotics Lab: Feasibility tests, solution validation, live demos.

AI-Enhanced Robotics

SOTEC brings state-of-the-art cognitive capabilities to your robotics systems. We design and integrate adaptive robot applications, leveraging modular hardware concepts for maximum flexibility.

  • Deployment of advanced robotics platforms for engineering, simulation, and operation.
  • Development of adaptive, flexible robot cells for dynamic environments.
  • Seamless integration of modular robotics concepts.

AI Quality Inspection & Workflows

SOTEC automates complex inspection processes directly at the machine. We implement AI-powered, real-time quality controls backed by high-performance data pipelines to continuously feed AI models and agents with premium training and status data.

  • AI Quality Inspection: Directly integrated into your custom Physical AI solution.
  • Setup of robust training workflows and pipelines for real-world field data collection.
  • Continuous AI tuning starting from the prototyping phase in the SOTEC Robotics Lab.

Digital Twins & Sim2Real

SOTEC shifts Physical AI solution engineering into the virtual world. Leveraging Digital Twins, we design, program, and validate your solution virtually before transferring it to physical systems at the touch of a button.

  • Conception, programming, and simulation of your entire Physical AI solution.
  • Sim2Real Pipelines: Seamless transfer of virtually tested AI and control logics to real machines.
  • Digital Twin Backend: High-performance data integration and IoT services.

Cloud & Edge Core Infrastructure

SOTEC delivers the turnkey digital foundation for your Physical AI solutions. We integrate best-in-breed solutions and platforms into a customized, cohesive ecosystem.

  • Scalable cloud infrastructure combined with high-performance AI models.
  • Advanced robotics frameworks merged with our comprehensive Industrial Edge portfolio.
  • Secure data handling and seamless event streaming from Edge to Cloud.

Embedded Systems & Edge Hardware

To enable low-latency and offline-capable operation of AI models directly at the machine, SOTEC develops tailored embedded hardware and software.

  • Our automated EdgeOps processes and Over-the-Air (OTA) updates guarantee secure device lifecycle management.
  • Custom hardware and software development for demanding Edge AI applications.
  • Hardened operating system stacks designed for harsh industrial environments.
    EdgeOps & OTA: Secure, automated remote maintenance and firmware updates.

Solutions & Case Studies

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Quail

SOTEC Quail (Quality Inspection Layer) is a flexible Cloud/Edge solution designed to enable visual quality inspection through the power of advanced AI by Google. Providing a seamless training, deployment, and management of sophisticated machine learning models, Quail empowers manufacturers to detect even the most subtle defects.
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SOTEC and Roboception

In modern industrial automation, every second counts. Efficiency and precision are the cornerstones of smart production processes. But what happens when two critical steps, picking a component and inspecting its quality, run separately? The process slows down, and the potential for errors increases. This is exactly where the partnership between SOTEC and Roboception comes in, creating a seamlessly integrated solution that enables true efficiency.
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Successful test run of a robotic automation setup in an industrial environment using Intrinsic’s developer tooling

In collaboration with Robomotion and Intrinsic, Sotec has configured and successfully deployed a machine tending application, which uses a KUKA KR6 robot in a space constrained cell, in an industrial set-up at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences.
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The Power of AI and Natural Language at Hannover Messe 2024

Hannover Messe 2024 was a resounding success! As a Google Partner, SOTEC was honored to showcase our cutting-edge technology at the Google Booth. We were excited to demonstrate how easy and intuitive it can be to control complex robotic systems using the power of natural language and Google’s Gemini language model.

Innovation & Technologies

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