How are medicine and the healthcare industry evolving with the rise of artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation?
To explore this question, we attended TREFFpunkt Gesundheitsindustrie 2026, an event that each year brings together in Baden-Württemberg – one of Germany’s leading industrial hubs – companies, start-ups, research centers, and institutions working on the development of healthcare technologies.
This year’s edition focused on a question that is both simple and crucial: “How will people and machines collaborate in the medicine of the future?”
Keynotes, discussions, and pitches explored the most innovative areas of the sector: AI-supported diagnostics, robotics applied to care and patient assistance, automation in medical manufacturing processes, genomics, and new models of human–machine interaction.
Participants included universities, research institutions such as Fraunhofer and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, deep-tech start-ups, and companies developing solutions for a more efficient and sustainable healthcare system.
Aydogan Aydindag, Senior Business Manager at Teoresi Germany, attended the event and met with several players in the ecosystem, gathering insights on the evolution of technologies and innovation models in the sector.
We asked him a few questions.
Which innovations will truly change the sector?
The greatest impact will come from artificial intelligence, robotics, and, in the longer term, quantum technologies. AI can help detect diseases at an early stage, support more effective treatment decisions, and make healthcare increasingly personalized. Robotics, on the other hand, can reduce the workload of healthcare professionals by handling repetitive or physically demanding tasks.
Quantum technologies may also play an important role in the future, for example in drug discovery or in solving highly complex medical problems much faster.
Automation and AI in healthcare were key themes. What is your perspective? How much can we trust AI today?
I see AI as a major opportunity for the healthcare sector: it can improve speed, efficiency, and accuracy, delivering tangible benefits. Trust, however, depends on how it is used and governed. Today, AI is already highly valuable in areas such as data analysis, image recognition, and decision support.
At the same time, in diagnostics, treatment decisions, and anything that directly affects patient safety, human oversight remains essential. That’s why I would speak of responsible use.
What makes Baden-Württemberg such a relevant healthcare hub, and where do you see concrete opportunities for Teoresi in this ecosystem?
What clearly emerges is that Baden-Württemberg has a strong, forward-looking healthcare ecosystem. The integrated presence of industry, research, innovation, and highly specialized companies creates ideal conditions for developing new technologies. For Teoresi, this is a particularly coherent environment: many of the key topics – automation, robotics, software, connectivity, and cybersecurity – are areas where we already have solid expertise.
The opportunity is to increasingly bring this know-how into the healthcare sector, contributing to making medical technologies more digital, secure, and intelligent.