Humanoid robots sent first greetings from LogiMAT 2025

PAC attended the annual intralogistics fair LogiMAT 2025 in Stuttgart, Germany, on March 11-13. It was once again an insightful event. This blog post will summarize our key findings:

• The event took the venue’s infrastructure to its limits: The fact that the booth space was sold out (10 halls with more than 68,000 sqm) clearly shows that the event is highly attractive. In 2025, 1,625 exhibitors from 40 countries participated (more than 300 of them for the first time). If you look for a negative figure, the number of visitors was flat (65,719 visitors in 2025 vs. 67,420 visitors in 2024). However, the halls were packed with people, and the infrastructure (such as walkways and presentation areas) often reached its limits. This makes growing visitor numbers less desirable.
• Humanoid robots were the hype topic of the year: While AGVs (automated guided vehicles) and robots have been a key focus of the show for years, the topic of humanoid robots attracted a lot of attention in 2025. Although many experts agree that it will take 5-10 years before we see broader adoption of the technology in the intralogistics space, we can give three reasons why humanoid robots will most likely play an increasing role at LogiMAT in the coming years.  First, the presentations around this topic were packed with people. Second, Boston Dynamics was present at LogiMAT for the first time this year, and we expect them to launch their humanoid robot Atlas in the near future (2026/27). Third, the first humanoid robot – a Unitree G1 – welcomed visitors this year at the CMC Packaging Automation booth in Hall 1 (see picture). Beyond the hype, though, we must certainly look more closely at some concrete use cases.
• Rising demand and vendor landscape for exoskeletons: PAC saw a growing number of start-ups focusing on exoskeletons at LogiMat2025. This includes, for example, companies like AUXIVO, EASE, German Bionic, hTRIUS, and HUNIC. In addition, we observed a high level of interest from visitors in testing these devices. In contrast to robots, exoskeletons are wearable devices that work in tandem with the user, acting as amplifiers of human performance. Macro trends like aging workforces in many countries will drive the demand for this kind of solution in the long run.
• Relevant AI use cases around intralogistics: PAC identified four interesting use cases for AI in intralogistics. Reply (Autonomous Reply) showed a live demo of an automated drone service that helps identify goods in a large outdoor area. The drone follows a predefined flight path and applies vision AI to scan the barcodes of pallets to identify the exact locations of goods. Reply confirmed that the first clients were already using this solution in real-world scenarios. Gebhardt showcased how AI can optimize the performance of large warehouse systems by reducing the waiting times of warehouse shuttles. Blaxtair demonstrated that vision systems designed to avoid forklift collisions become ever more intelligent. They are increasingly able to detect things like safe and unsafe pedestrians, loads, and other forklifts with drivers to optimize their alarm systems. They also provide speed control in specific areas, videos of shocks, and dashboards for supervisors to manage safety guidelines and damage recognition. Siemens presented its new Simatic Robot Pick AI Pro, a pre-trained deep-learning vision software that enables robot picking of unknown objects with individually adaptable vacuum multi-grippers. The software reliably delivers gripping poses for a wide variety of inventory items in milliseconds, regardless of their shape, size, and packaging.
• Siemens again cuts booth space to save costs: In November 2024, at the SPS fair in Nuremberg, Germany, we noted that Siemens had significantly reduced its booth space. We saw a similar picture at LogiMat 2025. As there is no turnaround of order intake on the horizon for Siemens and other industrial automation giants, PAC expects this trend to continue at the upcoming Hanover Fair in April 2025.