Pune, 8th January 2026: Bharat Forge and Germany-based Agile Robots S.E. agree to explore a strategic collaboration to jointly explore the space of AI driven robotics and intelligent industrial automation. Driven by Bharat Forge’s extensive domain expertise and Agile Robots’ ingenious intelligent robots and automation solutions, this collaboration will see the deployment of cutting-edge solutions for the automotive, healthcare, and consumer electronics industries. The Indo-German partnership is focused exclusively on civilian industry and manufacturing. Tothiseffect, both companieshavesigned an MoUto:
- Co-develop, set up capabilities and offer bespoke solutions in manufacturing, industrial CPG and logistics space, including existing solutions of Agile Robotsfor India and Southeast Asiamarkets
- develop and deploy state-of-the-art vision and AI based robotic solutions as one of the strategic partners toenableafullyautonomous(“dark”) factory
Commenting on the collaboration, Amit Kalyani, Vice Chairman and Joint Managing Director, Bharat ForgeLimited,said,“Thisstrategic Collaborationwith AgileRobotsisareinforcementof Bharat Forge’sambition to provide state-of-the-art intelligent robotic and automation solutions across multiple industries while driving manufacturing efficiencies at home. Manufacturing in India is on a steep growth path, and I am very excited thatwith Agile Robotswearegoingtodeploybespoke,modularandintelligentautomationsolutionsacrossthe sectors.”
Rory Sexton, Executive Director, Agile Robots, said, “By partnering with Bharat Forge, Agile Robots is strengthening its position in India’s rapidly growing manufacturing sector. Combining Agile Robots’ proven leadership in AI driven robotic automation with Bharat Forge’s sectoral expertise will allow us to improve the efficiency and precision of entire production systems.”
