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Together with industrial partners, Graz University of Technology has developed a robot-controlled fast charging system for electric vehicles. For the first time, it also enables the serial charging of vehicles in different parking positions.
read more...Additive manufacturing processes
BMW is investing in a new campus for additive manufacturing in Oberschleissheim. The company is thus further expanding its expertise in additive manufacturing processes - cooperation with partners should enable the new technology to be used quickly in series production.
read more...Under the name 'Ionity GmbH', the automotive industry wants to get down to business when it comes to e-car charging stations. The planned Europe-wide charging network is set to take shape by the end of 2017. The companies want to take away the public's "range anxiety" about electric vehicles.
read more...How quickly and with what consistency will the real-time Ethernet standard TSN be introduced? The TSN/A Conference on September 20 and 21 explored this question. Over 400 experts gathered to find out about the status quo.
read more...Is the real-time Ethernet variant TSN 'the' communication standard for Industry 4.0 production, the automobile of the future and the consumer world of tomorrow? More than 400 participants at the TSN/A Conference on September 20 and 21 in Stuttgart got to the bottom of this question.
read more...Time and again, German car manufacturers have been accused of missing out on trends. Even self-driving robot cars tend to be associated with American tech giants. However, most patents are held by German companies.
read more...Intel has acquired 84% of Mobileye's ordinary shares, thereby completing the takeover of the Israeli company announced in the spring. The purchase price was around 15 billion US dollars.
read more...In January 2017, the opinion research institute Kantar Emnid conducted a representative survey on behalf of the BMBF on the topic of "Creating knowledge - thinking and working in the world of tomorrow". Robotics is viewed quite critically.
read more...The process for quality assurance of crankshaft housings at the BMW plant in Landshut was to be partially automated. The task for the system integrator was to develop a system in which humans and robots work together directly.
read more...In summer 2016, BMW, Intel and Mobileye announced their partnership to bring autonomous driving solutions to production maturity for the mass market by 2021. Intel now wants to acquire its partner Mobileye for 15.3 billion US dollars (around 14 billion euros).
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