Dr. Sabrina Schmedding

Please tell us what fascinates you most about research.
The variety of open questions to think about, sharpening my understanding of technology while pushing it to the future, exchanging ideas with others, being able to go off the beaten path.

What makes research done at Bosch so special?
At Bosch, I am in close dialog with colleagues from various backgrounds as well as practitioners in the production plants and get first-hand feedback about the potential impact or feasibility of my work for their day-to-day business and challenges.

What research topics are you currently working on at Bosch?
I am currently working on AI agents for manufacturing. The focus is on continuously optimizing these agents and adapting them to the requirements of the real production world — preferably automatically and demonstrably effectively.

What are the biggest scientific challenges in your field of research?
The market for AI agents is still very young and extremely dynamic. To enable rapid product improvements, well-thought-out and highly automated processes need to be established in the background. A major challenge, therefore, is the question of to what extent optimizing or even creating a new agent can be automated — within clear guardrails and minimum requirements, and in conjunction with existing production hardware and its IT landscape.

How do the results of your research become part of solutions “Invented for life?”
Every improvement to Bosch production systems directly contributes to the quality, cost and reliability of Bosch products that can be found in almost all areas of life — at home, in e-bikes, in smartphones, and in so many other places.