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Bosch enhances its self-management through serious acquisition

Bosch enhances its self-management through serious acquisition

The large German company includes five startups focused on autonomous transportation.

With a history stretching back 135 years, it seems that Bush is not looking back but rather forward. The large German company is building increasingly serious competence within the company regarding one of the most important technologies in the near future, autonomous transportation, through various acquisitions and partnerships.

Yesterday’s announcement of the acquisition of five corresponds to this picture, but released Notice It does not cover the financial details of the transaction. Founded seven years ago in the UK, the startup currently employs 140 people on the company’s platform to help develop autonomous transportation systems. Bosch’s announcement highlights that Five has extensive experience in cloud software, robotics and machine learning, and excels in developing software and AI-based solutions for autonomous driving.

The startup is currently focused on a cloud-based development and testing platform for software used in self-driving cars. This makes it easy to create the applications needed for self-driving vehicles, and the platform can be used to test all of these programs before they are armed in training vehicles. The platform is able to create test scenarios from collected data and create a simulation environment that allows comprehensive evaluation and validation of system behavior.

The five team join Bosch’s Cross Domain Computing division. last head, Matthias Bellin He says the mindset and agile approach of the startup’s employees is in line with that of Bosch’s current development team. This can help the company contribute to creating safe autonomous driving on the roads.

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In terms of the deal, it’s worth noting that Bosch recently acquired digital mapping company Atlatec, while it was already active in the self-driving business. For example, the company has also worked with governments in two Australian regions to test self-driving cars. In addition, the company has an agreement with map providers Baidu, AutoNavi and NavInfo to develop “high-resolution maps” that Bosch says are needed to facilitate autonomous driving.


It’s not easy

The complexity of the problem is evident from the incident in San Francisco a few days ago. As reported, one of the Cruise’s test cars was “turned off” by local patrols because the vehicle’s lights were not on. However, the autonomous regime has proven too independent to offer a short getaway. The company, which is testing the transport of unaccompanied passengers, later said their car “just wanted to get to a safe area” and police released the automated taxi without penalty.