Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.55
…data for safety and design improvement is recorded by BMW Groups in October 2018. To understand the complex factors that contribute to oversteering, and to develop a way to detect oversteering, BMW Group decided to equip a BMW M4 with sensors and drive it on a track, logging when the vehicle was in an oversteer situation. What resulted from the test was 200,000-plus data points in less than 45 minutes. (“Detecting Oversteering in BMW Automobiles with Machine Learning”). Working in MATLAB, the BMW team developed a supervised machine learning model as a proof of concept. Even with little previous ML…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.41
…Mech-Mind said it serves verticals such as automotive, home appliance, food and beverage, and pharmacy. The company's customers include BMW, DHL, Honeywell, Siemens, and Yaskawa.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.13
…big in-person tech shows before the COVID-19 shutdowns began), BMW Group tickled the automotive enthusiasts’ fancy with a demo of the BMW i Interaction EASE, a concept car for the future. Part of the “wow” factor was its use of the panoramic windshield as an augmented reality (AR) display. “It can show additional information on the windscreen that is tailored to the situation at hand and the vehicle’s surroundings. Thanks to 5G connectivity the vehicle knows exactly where it is and can offer the user information on the surrounding buildings, businesses and other objects as and when required,” according to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.04
…of 76 research institutes. Like other organizations — including BMW, Amazon, and Siemens — Fraunhofer IML relies on NVIDIA Omniverse for advanced applied research, said NVIDIA Corp. Fraunhofer IML moves from MP3s to AMRs The Fraunhofer Society has more than 30,000 employees and is involved in hundreds of research projects. In the 1990s, for instance, Fraunhofer was responsible for the development of the MP3 file format, which it said led to the digital music revolution. Seeking to send AGVs along the same path as the compact disc, Fraunhofer in 2013 launched the Smart Transport Robot (STR). BMW and others now…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.02
…features. Many German automakers, including Volkswagen’s Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW, are working on their own autonomous vehicles. Earlier, Germany’s Manager Magazin reported that Uber had placed an order for 100,000 Mercedes S-Class series with Daimler, citing unnamed sources at both companies, but another source told Reuters that report was inaccurate. Manager speculated the order could cost Uber around 10 billion euros, or $11.3 billion. Uber declined comment on both stories. It’s no secret that Uber is pursuing its own self-driving technology, using engineers it poached from Google and Carnegie Mellon University. The company recently announced plans to expand its Pittsburgh…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.98
…airports, museums, stadiums, and aquariums. In July of 2022, BMW announced that it had deployed Seoul Robotics’ Level 5 Control Tower (LV5 CTRL TWR) to automate finished-vehicle logistics on the new 7 Series production line at a vehicle plant in Germany. It said the tower made a historically manual process safer and more efficient. LV5 CTRL TWR has received recognition including a CES Innovation Award, SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards, and a nomination in the BMW Group Supplier Innovation Awards. Seoul Robotics claimed that it was the first startup to to receive this distinction. Partnerships provide power Seoul Robotics last year continued…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.96
…(EV) charging. Automotive manufacturers including Ford, General Motors, and BMW have committed to transitioning to the NACS by 2025. Scythe said an industry-wide move toward standardized charging infrastructure will streamline user experiences by providing reliable and simple charging solutions. “With the US moving towards the adoption of NACS across the board, it's clear that this standardized charging solution will be the optimal and most convenient method for charging any EV or machine - including M.52 - for the foreseeable future,” said Davis Foster, Co-founder and chief engineer of Scythe. Existing Scythe M.52 mowers to be forward compatible Scythe’s M.52 robot…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.87
…AM to produce end-use parts. These companies, along with BMW, Deutsche Bahn, FIT, Jabil, Oerlikon, UPS, the U.S. Marine Corps, and others shared emerging trends from their vantage points. Among the trends are knowledge and skills development, cyber security, post-process automation, materials development, partnerships and industry standards. New and expanded features of Wohlers Report 2019 include: Benefits and challenges of designing for AM, Listing of 107 early-stage investments valued at nearly $1.3 billion, Production, pricing and use of metal powders, Expert reports from 32 countries, and Tables of systems, third-party materials, software tools and emerging developments Industrial Additive Manufacturing Systems…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.86
…the Southeast became home to numerous OEMs such as BMW.” “It's the eighth-largest economic mega-region in the world, with a huge logistics infrastructure including ports, rail, and trucking,” she added. “We're the largest exporter of vehicles and tires in the U.S., and the manufacturing climate is business-friendly. That's why Boeing came.” “As a small state of 5 million people, you can pick up the phone and get something done,” Hayes claimed. “BMW wanted an inland port for importing engines and exporting finished vehicles, and we went from concept to implementation in 18 months. We also have its largest plant, with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.84
…Ford, Stanley Black and Decker, Goodyear, 3M, Google’s ATAP, BMW, ProtoLabs, Owens Corning, L3, TerraPower, Medtronic, Continental AG, Applied Materials, TECT Aerospace, US Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, MITRE and educational institutions such as MIT, University of Texas, Texas A&M and Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School, the nation’s first high school to install a metal 3D printer. Additional investors in the Series E funding round include GV (formerly Google Ventures), Panasonic and Techtronic Industries, as well as previous venture capital investors in the company, including Lux Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Kleiner Perkins. More Info Desktop…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.78
…Gopher Asset Management, Walleye Capital, Aliya Capital Partners, and others participated in Kodiak's Series B round. Bridgestone Americas and BMW i Ventures previously invested in the company. Cowen served as exclusive placement agent to Kodiak Robotics. Kodiak Robotics said it will use the Series B funds over the next 12 months to double employee headcount by adding at least 85 people to its team. The company will also expand autonomous service capabilities from coast to coast and add a minimum of 15 new trucks to its fleet for a total of at least 25 autonomous vehicles.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.77
…cloud-based approach for automotive customers and OEMs such as BMW. AWS offers over 125 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, and more. DXC Luxoft and AWS said their automotive experience will enable safe integration and transformation of toolchains, technologies, and processes. The companies added that Robotic Drive on AWS will use several native services for different components catering to various use cases for ADAS application workloads. Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) will house a data lake, managing hundreds of petabytes of automotive datasets. Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) will function as the…