Lower Thirds:

0:03	Report by Dan Hirschfeld
0:28	Bettina Schön-Behanzin, Agile Robots
1:07	Thilo Brodtmann, German Mechanical Engineering Association 
1:57	 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - President of Brazil

Script: 

THIS is one of the stars of the Hannover Trade Show. Robots that don't just look like people. But that -- thanks to a large array of sensors -- can see, hear, touch and even detect touch.

Robots like these a large departure from the machines and robotic arms that have defined Germany's most important industrial fair: These are powered by artificial intelligence, capable of activities for which they haven't been programmed.   

((SOT Bettina Schön-Behanzin, Agile Robots))
"It can work safely with people, side-by-side. // It can react organically to things that aren't planned, people who approach it and also to mobile platforms. It's the sensors that give it a spatial awareness."

Humanoid robots are also an example of the competitive pressures facing German industry. Hannover has always been an emblem of the technological advancements of German industry.  

Today, rival products from Asia -- and in particular China -- are often cheaper, more rapidly developed and sometimes better quality. In part, perhaps, because German firms struggle with their own traditionally higher rules and standards. 

((SOT - Thilo Brodtmann, German Mechanical Engineering Association (VDMA)))
„I think if we talk about precision and best quality // you see around the world application fields where customers don’t need that – but they need a ‚good enough‘  machine. And there are of course some suppliers from China who go into thet gap of a ‚good enough‘ machine. And we have to learn to come from the excellent ones also to ‚good enough‘ machines.“

Energy efficiency and critical resources are also key topics for German industry -- both are defining themes of this year's trade show. 

Germany will hope that energy-rich trade partners like Brazil -- this year's partner country for the Hannover Trade Show -- can help local industry pull out of its struggles from recent years.  

((SOT - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - President of Brazil))
"That means more trade, more investment, new jobs and more business opportunities on both sides of the Atlantic. // Brazil can help the European Union sink its energy costs, and it can help decarbonize industry."

((OT Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Präsident Brasilien ((Mann, Portugiesisch))
„Das bedeutet mehr Handel, mehr Investitionen, neue Arbeitsplätze und mehr Geschäftsmöglichkeiten auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks. // Brasilien kann der Europäischen Union helfen, die Energiekosten zu senken und die Industrie in Europa zu ent-karbonisieren.“))

There are around 3000 exhibitors from almost 60 countries at this year's show in Hannover. All trying to figure out which direction the wind is blowing for Europe's industry.