en.Wedoany.com Reported - Mercedes-Benz kicked off the 10th Smart Factory Day with a technology tour at its Digital Factory Campus in Berlin-Marienfelde. The event, organized by the magazine *Automobil Industrie*, focuses on cutting-edge trends in automotive manufacturing.
Around three years ago, Mercedes-Benz developed the Marienfelde site into a competence center for digitalization in production. Since then, the Digital Factory Campus has been developing software, production processes, and functions within a real production environment. Local personnel first test these developments here before rolling them out to the assembly lines of the plants. In addition, employees manufacture axial flux motors here, a product of the Mercedes subsidiary Yasa, specifically designed to power "high-end electric vehicles," with Mercedes making particular mention of AMG models. Motor production comprises around 100 production steps, of which nearly 65 are entirely new to Mercedes-Benz, and 35 steps have not previously been seen in automotive production.
Prior to the tour, Plant Manager Markus Keicher introduced the site and the technologies being developed there in a keynote speech. Matthias Ziege, Head of the Digital Factory Campus, then described the expanded capabilities of robots through cognitive abilities in a second keynote, posing the question, "Has your robot vacuum started cooking yet?" The agenda then focused on automotive manufacturing trends, covering topics such as humanoid robots for industrial use and their pragmatic integration, multi-agent systems in the factory of the future, embodied artificial intelligence, and the automation requirements for battery and motor production. Further topics included AI-based employee qualification, automated manufacturing and assembly of wire harnesses, digital twins, digital knowledge twins, resilient supply chains, and battery production in difficult times.
Speakers came from companies such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Beckhoff, Dräxlmaier, NTT Data, Shyftplan, and Microsoft. To foster networking, the event featured a joint dinner, guided exhibitor tours, and breaks. Startups also introduced themselves. In addition, there were two discussion panels: one focused on the significance of transformation, digitalization, and AI for employees and Germany as a manufacturing location; the other, titled "Supply Chain Resilience – Prevention Instead of Crash," explored flexible supply chains.
Smart Factory Day was supported by partners including Mercedes-Benz, personnel and management consultancy Mercuri Urval, IT service provider Computacenter, and software vendor Shyftplan. Exhibitors included engineering consultancy Engineering Methods and software provider CSP. Startups Azitek, Byte Robotics, Industry Apps, Productionary, and Xentara also participated. The event began at 8:15 a.m. on June 10, 2026, at the Seminaris CampusHotel Berlin, after which attendees took a shuttle to the Mercedes-Benz plant for the tour. Following the tour, they returned to the hotel for the conference agenda, concluding with a presentation by partner Computacenter and a networking dinner. The detailed agenda is available at: www.smart-factory-day.de/programm.
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