AUDI AG Timeline

Events

• 2026-02-24 - Partnership - mimic and AUDI AG collaborate on AI-driven bimanual robotics for industrial insertion tasks - mimic announces collaboration with AUDI AG focused on deploying AI-driven robotic systems in industrial production environments System uses an end-to-end pixel-to-action model running on a bi-manual platform to perform complex, long-horizon insertion tasks… - source: linkedin.com
• 2025-06-02 - Partnership - Audi and research partners launch a future picking-process program testing AI, sensor technology, and robotics - Audi said it launched the Automotive Initiative 2025 together with Fraunhofer IAO and other research and technology partners to develop the picking process of the future. The program was set to test artificial intelligence, sensor technology, and robotics in… - source: audi-mediacenter.com
• 2025-05-28 - Deployment - Audi expands weld-spatter AI quality control with a robotic removal stage in Neckarsulm production - Audi said its AI-supported Weld Splatter Detection application was already live in series production in Neckarsulm and that a further expansion stage starting in summer 2025 would add a robotic arm to remove the detected splatter… The company framed the… - source: audi-mediacenter.com
• 2024-12-17 - Deployment - Audi begins production at its new Changchun electric-vehicle plant with extensive automation and robotic logistics - Audi began production at the new Audi FAW NEV Company plant in Changchun, describing more than 800 robots in the body shop plus driverless transport and automated warehousing across the site. The company said the plant was fully digitalized and highly… - source: audi-mediacenter.com
• 2024-12-17 - Partnership - Audi FAW NEV Company announces MoU with UBTECH Robotics and the Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics - Audi said its new Changchun plant would explore the next step in humanoid-robot use for car production through a memorandum of understanding involving Audi FAW NEV Company, UBTECH Robotics, and the Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid… The announcement tied… - source: audi-mediacenter.com
• 2023-10-14 - Product Launch - Auto Scanner enters finish-line surface inspection - The new configuration moved Auto Scanner beyond body-shop inspection into the finishing process. It targeted paint defects, dents, dings and other surface imperfections during final inspection. The extension was designed to improve end-of-line product… - source: iuna.ai
• 2022-02-15 - Deployment - Anomaly detection completes Audi body-shop inspection automation - The third version detected both predefined defect classes and anomalies with little or no historical image data. The anomaly capability targeted rare defects that previously depended on human visual inspection. IUNA says the deployment completed inspection… - source: iuna.ai
• 2020-09-01 - Partnership - IUNA becomes Audi development partner for R8 body inspection - The cooperation focused on the Audi R8 body shop in Neckarsulm. IUNA and the automaker set out to extend Auto Scanner v1 from proof of concept to autonomous defect identification. The target inspection covered surface-geometry defects on the vehicle body. - source: iuna.ai
• 2020-03-15 - Product Launch - Auto Scanner v1 proves line-side surface-damage detection - The first version was completed as part of the University of Stuttgart and Audi research project. It applied image analysis to detect surface damage directly on vehicles in production. The completed system provided the proof of concept for later fully… - source: iuna.ai
• 2019-09-01 - Partnership - Stuttgart-Audi research project starts AI vehicle inspection - The project targeted automated image analysis for vehicle quality assurance on the assembly line. Its goal was to establish proof of concept for autonomous defect inspection using AI. The university machine-learning group was initiated and led by future IUNA… - source: iuna.ai