A German consortium plans a 13,000 square metre centre in Heilbronn to test humanoid robots and AI robot models on real industrial work, according to a trade report. The project is called Robo-Hub ProLog.
The federal research ministry picked the ProLog consortium, led by Fraunhofer IPA, from seven pre-planning projects. It receives up to 500,000 euros from December 2026 to plan the project. Planning runs until 31 August 2027.
The centre would test humanoid robots, new grippers and vision-language-action AI models on tasks that are hard or costly to automate today. If the plan goes ahead, it could open in 2028 on the Heilbronn campus of the park for artificial intelligence.
The head of automation and robotics research at Fraunhofer IPA said it matters to test humanoid robots and new AI models on real industrial tasks, without tying them to one manufacturer, and to assess their safety and cost.
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Robo-Hub ProLog
Robot test centre project
A planned 13,000 square metre centre in Heilbronn to test humanoid robots and AI models on real industrial tasks.
