Continental
Mobile robotics moves into focus
Continental acquires the Kinexon specialty division for on-board operating systems for the intelligent control of autonomous mobile robots (AMR). The aim is to strengthen its position in the strategic growth area of mobile robotics.
The core of the takeover is Kinexon's "Brain" on-board operating system, which is used to control autonomous, mobile transport robots, as well as the associated IP rights to the solution. As part of the acquisition, the development team of the Kinexon division will also move to Continental.
Through this acquisition, Continental is expanding its own vertical integration, extending its robotics expertise in software and hardware and thus strengthening its own range of customer solutions for mobile robots.
"With this acquisition, we are expanding our global development team and strengthening our system expertise in mobile robotics. We can offer our customers a first-class and operationally proven complete solution. Now all from a single source," says Pierre Pomper, Head of Continental Mobile Robots.
In the robotics sector, Kinexon will focus in future on the area of central control systems for autonomous robots and further expand its fleet management software. Continental offers its customers optional fleet management software to control the AMRs. Dr. Alexander Hüttenbrink, co-founder and co-CEO of Kinexon, explains: "We are proud to have developed a leading solution with 'Brain' and the team behind it. With this transaction, we are giving both a new home at Continental with promising prospects."
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