3 Companies Combine Technologies to Produce New Self-Driving Cars
Embotech AG, a provider of autonomous driving solutions, is combining Outsight's LiDAR software and Hesai's LiDAR hardware, to deliver cutting-edge AVM technology to deploy in BMW facilities.
Within this AVN solution, Outsight plays a key role with its advanced LiDAR software platform that tracks the vehicle and the surrounding obstacles within BMW's production facilities, while Hesai supplies its industry-leading LiDAR sensors, renowned for their accuracy and reliability, which act as the "eyes" of the AVM system.
Initially implemented for the BMW 5 Series and 7 Series, the technology is now also in use for other BMW models.
VIDEO: Embotech -- Automated Vehicle Marshalling (AVM) Solution
Using this new setup developed by industry leaders in autonomous driving solutions and sensing technology, new vehicles drive fully autonomously along a route of more than one kilometer, from the two assembly halls, through the "short test course," to the plant's finishing area.
While the vehicles drive themselves to the finishing area, the factory establishes a secure connection to the vehicles, controlling their movement through the quality assurance test drive. This approach eliminates the need to transport human workers back to the production line after each car has reached its final parking destination.
The integrated solution is now actively supporting the marshalling of newly manufactured vehicles through various stages of the production and logistics process in three BMW facilities, marking the initial phase in a global rollout to multiple plants across Europe and North America.
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