- digressive, but very,very interesting reading. Worth the time it takes.
Annual financial results 2015; Bosch has record sales in North America
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/annual-financial-results-2015-bosch-152000670.html
- Bosch’s North American sales revenue reaches $14 billion
- Number of associates grows to more than 31,000
Bosch Group business outlook for 2016
Following a record year in 2015, the Bosch Group wants to continue its growth trend. The leading global supplier of technology and services expects worldwide sales to grow within an exchange rate-adjusted range of 3 to 5 percent in 2016. Speaking at the company’s annual press conference in Germany in April, Bosch CEO Volkmar Denner said: “We plan to grow not only with innovative products, but also with innovative services.” In the connectivity business, Bosch focuses on the “3S’s”: sensors, software, and services. The company is increasingly using connected services to build on its broad basis in the hardware business. As it does so, Bosch benefits not just from its technological diversification, but also from its wide-ranging industry and domain expertise. The newly created Bosch Global Service Solutions division, the recently established Bosch IoT Cloud, as well as the Bosch Smart Home System launched at the start of 2016 contribute to this strategy.
- Bosch ConnectedWorld IoT conference in BerlinThe internet of things from a single source: Bosch launches cloud for its IoT servicesComputing center located in Germany
- Bosch CEO Denner: “The Bosch IoT Cloud is a major milestone”
- Key features are privacy and data security
- Bosch IoT Cloud improves Germany’s innovative strength
- Software expertise and IT infrastructure are significant competitive advantages
Berlin and Stuttgart – Bosch is launching its own cloud for web-based services. In the Bosch IoT Cloud, the international supplier of technology services runs various applications for its connected mobility, connected industries, and connected buildings businesses. The first cloud is located in Germany. “As of today, we offer all the ace cards for the connected world from a single source. The Bosch IoT Cloud is the final piece of the puzzle that completes our software expertise. We are now a full service provider for connectivity and the internet of things,” said Bosch CEO Volkmar Denner at the Bosch ConnectedWorld conference in Berlin on Wednesday. Bosch is the only company worldwide that is active on all three levels of the internet of things. The Bosch Group offers key technologies that enable connectivity such as sensors and software, and is also developing new services on this basis. “A major factor in the success of connected solutions is their scalability. Business models must be able to grow quickly when necessary. The Bosch IoT Cloud means Bosch now has the relevant infrastructure. We see this as a major milestone for Bosch,” said Denner, who is also responsible for research and advance engineering on the Bosch board of management. The Bosch IoT Cloud comprises technical infrastructure as well as platform and software offerings. To begin with, the supplier of technology and services will use it for in-house solutions. From 2017, it will also be made available as a service to other companies.
Cloud located in Germany
Denner stressed that it was a conscious decision to locate the cloud in Germany. “Many companies and consumers state that security concerns keep them from using cloud technologies and connectivity solutions. The Bosch IoT Cloud is the answer to those concerns.” Bosch operates its IoT cloud in its own computing center near Stuttgart. As Denner explained, “Consumers want to know whether their data are protected and secure. For this reason, the security we offer our customers is always state of the art.” The fundamental legal framework for this is German and European data-security regulations. As Denner explained, “The fact that the Bosch IoT Cloud is located in Germany gives it a competitive edge. Our cloud is a competitive advantage for Germany’s status as a seat of innovation.”
The brain of the connected world: the Bosch IoT Suite
The software core of the Bosch IoT Cloud is the company’s own IoT Suite. It identifies any objects that are web-enabled, orchestrates the exchange of data, and enables a multitude of services and business models. Big data management allows enormous amounts of data to be analyzed. “The Bosch IoT Suite is the brain of the connected world. It offers all the functions necessary to connect devices, users, and companies,” Denner said. Rules for automatic decisions can be stored in the Bosch IoT Suite – such as when patterns of wear and tear should be reported and preventive action taken to service machinery. Bosch and its customers already operate many solutions and projects that are based on this platform. The Bosch IoT Cloud currently connects more than five million devices and machines.
Bosch IoT competence for the connected world
Speaking to the conference’s 1,000 delegates, Denner stressed that this digital transformation should not be understood as a threat. “Digital transformation and increasing connectivity are huge opportunities for us.” In particular, it offers those companies with a strong industrial base and outstanding hardware expertise the potential not only to develop their traditional businesses but also to enter completely new fields. “The key prerequisite for this is to have in-house software and IT expertise. Bosch has been building these capabilities for many years.”
A wide variety of possibilities and business models
The company has already launched numerous products and solutions for the connected world. The Bosch Smart Home System, for instance, can tell users the current temperature in their home and let them change the setting while they are still on the road. Another solution running in the Bosch IoT Cloud is designed for heating service technicians. It gives them remote access to authorized Bosch heating systems so they can troubleshoot problems in the event of a breakdown. This means they can bring along any required replacement parts to their first – and now only – service visit. Customers benefit from lower service costs.
Sensor data from asparagus fields makes its way into the Bosch IoT Cloud, too. Farmers can improve their harvest and their yield if they know the exact temperature of the ground. The Bosch IoT Cloud also generates an online map of available park-and-ride spaces throughout Stuttgart’s commuter train network. Sensors detect which parking spaces are unoccupied and send this information to the cloud, where it is added to a real-time map that users can call up on their smartphone. Another example is the book-and-park service for truck drivers. Whenever they are looking for a rest area to park in, their truck sends its location data to the Bosch IoT Cloud. This then reserves an available parking space nearby and informs the driver. “These examples show that intelligently connected devices, complemented by services from our IoT Cloud, are the basis of successful IoT business models. Connected solutions improve people’s quality of life and conserve natural resources,” Denner said.
Background:
Cloud computing
In cloud computing, data and programs are no longer hosted on computers in homes or offices, but in a cloud computing center instead. The center’s operator is responsible for security and operations, makes the required computing capacity available, and provides the necessary programs, data security, and backups. This relieves customers of many costly and time-consuming tasks. Cloud technology and cloud platforms form the basis for fast, simple scalability of applications.
Bosch ConnectedWorld – where industries meet to discuss implementation
The Bosch ConnectedWorld event is an annual conference on the subject of the internet of things. This year, some 1,000 international experts are meeting in Berlin to talk about current areas of application and new business models. By showcasing successful examples, the conference demonstrates how the vision of the internet of things has become a reality.
- Bosch ConnectedWorld IoT conference in BerlinThe internet of things from a single source: Bosch launches cloud for its IoT servicesComputing center located in Germany
Bosch North America
When cars help out in the kitchen: For Bosch, “Simply.Connected.” is the name of the game at CES 2016 (January 6 to 9), Las Vegas
Smart solutions that improve convenience and safety
- Bosch CEO Denner: “We want to make people’s lives better and easier with intelligent solutions. Connectivity is the key to this.”
- Bosch offers cross-domain solutions and is connecting mobility with energy, building, and industrial technology
- World premiere: first emergency eCall adapter for vehicle retrofits
Las Vegas – At CES 2016 in Las Vegas, Bosch is showcasing technology that is “Invented for life”: innovations for the home, city, car, and workplace. The supplier of technology and services is committed to driving forward connectivity via the internet of things. “Our aim is to provide safer, more convenient, and more efficient solutions for energy, mobility, industry, and the smart home. We want to make people’s lives better and easier, and the key to this is connectivity,” said Bosch CEO Dr. Volkmar Denner, speaking at the company’s press conference at CES 2016 in Las Vegas. Bosch is using the slogan “Simply.Connected.” to highlight this approach at CES, where the company is presenting solutions for smart homes, smart cities, connected mobility, and Industry 4.0.
In the connectivity business, Bosch benefits from its broad product portfolio and in-depth industry expertise based on decades of experience. “Bosch can connect mobility with energy, building, and industrial technology to offer cross-domain services – something no other company can,” Denner said. He gave the example of connected cars. These can communicate with the smart home via the navigation system, so drivers can for instance preheat the oven for dinner before they even arrive home.
In the field of connected mobility, Bosch is presenting a world first: Retrofit eCall. The eCall automatic emergency notification system, launched in 2012, had previously been available solely as standard equipment on new vehicles, but now it is also available as a retrofit solution. Plugged into the car’s cigarette lighter, the sensor unit is designed to detect collisions and send the relevant information to a service center. Depending on the severity of the accident, the service center either contacts the driver directly or notifies the nearest emergency services.
Expertise in sensors, hardware, and software
Besides a major expansion in its service portfolio, Bosch is building on its expertise in sensors and software. One reason is that the company is the globally leading manufacturer of micromechanical sensors, known as MEMS sensors. Every day, more than four million of these high-tech sensors leave the wafer fab in Reutlingen, Germany – Bosch has manufactured a total of over six billion MEMS since 1995. Three out of four smartphones today are fitted with the tiny Bosch sensors, as are many other consumer electronics devices, including wearables such as fitness wristbands and smartwatches. Bosch expects particularly robust growth in the wearables segment: from 76 million units in 2015, production is expected to more than double to 173 million by 2019.
Another reason is Bosch’s strong position in the software sector. Of its approximately 55,000 researchers and developers worldwide, about one third work in software development and more than 3,000 on the internet of things. This know-how is supplemented by comprehensive hardware expertise: Bosch is one of the world’s leading manufacturers across many sectors, from the automotive supply industry and industrial technology to energy and building technology and consumer goods. “Bosch combines the best of both worlds – industry and IT. Regardless of whether this business develops in an evolutionary or disruptive way, we will continue to be part of it,” Denner said in Las Vegas.
Smart homes offer greater convenience and safety
Bosch is also hard at work on the smart home. Are the windows closed? Did the stove get turned off, is there enough milk for breakfast tomorrow? Bosch technology has made these worries a thing of the past. The latest studies indicate that by 2020, some 230 million households worldwide – 15 percent of the global market – will feature smart home technology. By consolidating its smart home activities in a new company at the start of the year, Bosch has already taken a crucial step in driving the smart home forward: in the future, the company will offer a host of products and services for the connected home from a single source. The portfolio will include a smart home system that can report break-ins and also helps manage the heating more efficiently.
Smart cities improve quality of life
“Bosch is not content with just making homes smart,” Denner said. “We are currently involved in five projects around the world that are increasing the intelligence of entire cities. This improves people’s quality of life as well as the city’s economic efficiency.” According to a UN study, two-thirds of the global population will be living in cities by 2050. This calls for an intelligent networking of power grids, traffic infrastructure, and buildings. One of the basic building blocks of the smart city is the Bosch IoT Suite. This is a software platform that integrates all the functions necessary for connecting devices, users, and services.
Parking is another headache that Bosch is looking to eliminate. Drivers trying to find a parking space account for 30 percent of urban congestion. One way to combat this is to equip cars or parking spaces with sensors that detect and notify drivers when a space is free. Bosch has implemented this idea in its community-based parking concept: as cars drive around, they detect and measure free parking spaces between vehicles parked at the curb. This information is entered into real-time maps that can be called up on a smartphone or in the car’s navigation system. Drivers looking for parking in residential or urban areas can then find a space without too much circling around. This reduces wear on the drivers’ nerves, saves time and money, and is better for the environment.
Bosch solutions for the connected mobility of tomorrow
At the interface between smart cities and connected vehicles is fully automatic parking, which Bosch plans to realize by 2018. The idea is for drivers to simply leave the car at the entrance to the parking lot or garage. The car then finds an available space and parks itself. When it’s time to go, the car drives itself back to the drop-off point in the same way.
Bosch is also working on a highway pilot, an electronic chauffeur that drives on the freeway. As of 2020, it is expected that vehicles equipped with the pilot will be capable of driving on the freeway themselves. This primarily increases safety, but it makes motorists’ lives easier as well: when the highway pilot is on, the driver becomes a passenger – able to lean back and relax or attend to other things. Bosch is testing automated driving on public roads in Germany, the U.S., and Japan.
Another important aspect of making driving even safer and more convenient is the communication between people and technology. “Delivering the right information at the right time minimizes driver distraction,” Denner said. Visitors to CES 2016 can experience this new kind of communication in the Bosch show car. For example, if a pedestrian approaches from the right, a lighting sequence is triggered to alert the driver.
Bosch is also presenting a touchscreen with haptic feedback, for which the company received a CES Innovation Award at the end of 2015. The product is unique in that the keys displayed on its screen feel like actual buttons, so drivers can often operate applications in the infotainment system, such as navigation, without looking. That means they need to take their eyes off the road much less, which makes driving safer.
Industry 4.0: the factory of the future is flexible, connected, and smart
To turn a lot of innovations into reality as quickly as possible, production has to become more flexible. “The factory of the future is flexible, connected, and smart, and it enables people, machines, and products to communicate with each other,” Denner said. “This is another area where we are better positioned than almost any other company, since we are both a leading provider and a leading exponent of Industry 4.0.”
Looking at Bosch’s more than 250 plants worldwide, Denner estimates that Industry 4.0 will save the company hundreds of millions of euros annually in the years leading up to 2020. Two of the factors that will help achieve this goal are Bosch hardware and its software solutions for assessing data in real time. The mobile APAS production assistant, which the company is also showcasing at CES, ensures both flexibility and safety in production processes. Thanks to its sensor skin, APAS can safely work with people. And it has a hidden talent: at CES 2016, it will be serving coffee to visitors at Bosch’s booth in the Sands Expo.
formidable player in the IoT?
Bosch Sensortec has R & D in Palto Alto CA.,
jobs and more jobs
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/bosch-sensortec-jobs-palo-alto-ca
big data , mach learning, futurist mobility, audio,
lots and lots -self driving vehicle work
Research Scientist in Audio and Speech Technologies
Bosch
Palo Alto, CA, US
- Posted 12 days ago
Job description
The Bosch Group operates in most countries in the world. With over 300,000 associates, a career at Bosch offers a chance to grow an exceptional career in an environment that values diversity, initiative, and a drive for results.
If you are interested in working on the cutting-edge of technology, working at Bosch Research is the place for you! We are committed to quality at Bosch. Our environment celebrates diversity and promotes career progression. We seek highly skilled, creative, results-oriented people who can look at technology from a new perspective and provide surprising insight. We are looking for candidates who want to shape and drive innovation at Bosch.
Tasks
- Research and development of audio/speech processing technologies and components to enable intelligent interaction and assistance solution for Bosch products
- Together with a team of experts, adapt and integrate audio/speech processing technologies into Bosch products for different business areas (e.g. automotive, smart home, and etc.)
- Communicate with business departments about the technology potentials as well as identify potential areas of business values.
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields
- At least 5 years (industry and academic experience combined) research background and hands-on development experience in audio/speech processing technology and applications, machine learning or statistics
- At least 5 years experience in programming (C/C++ or Java), algorithms and system design
- R&D experience in audio event detection, speech enhancement, emotion detection is a plus
commentary: unexpected for a serious IoT effort?
- Very good communication skill together with good quality publication
- Experience in large system development and HMI technology is a plu
So who buys Sensory Inc?
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So Bosch wants to explore the detection of emotional state.
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WHen looked at from what expertise they have-very impressive. THey could be a major company to move Industry to the IoT.
Some stuff you find in digressive reading serves to open your eyes. Here is such an item where you really have to give Bosch a thumbs up....
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Josh Lee, senior controls system engineer (left), and David Whitt, set-up operator on the LSF Xfour line, show off their smartwatches.
Smartwatches on assembly lines
Josh Lee 10/09/2015 Manufacturing, Projects 21 Comments
I am very happy to introduce you today to the Bosch Anderson plant. It is the first (Bosch) plant to successfully implement smartwatches on a manufacturing line for better operator efficiency and productivity. Smartwatches are now used on select lines and have eliminated machine stoppages due to feeder jams and other specific faults. The smartwatches also improve operator response time to general machine faults, which results in a significant savings of time and money.
With the new system, the assembly line is able to communicate with Pebble Smartwatches worn by line operators. This allows the operators to know in almost real-time when and where a specific problem is about to occur. They can then act swiftly to correct the fault or jam, usually before the line ever stops, improving productivity and reducing downtime.
How it works:
- The server that communicates with the Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) on each line receives a signal when a problem or jam is about to occur.
- The server programming interprets this signal and sends a message to the iPhone.
- The iPhone immediately relays the message via Bluetooth to all smartwatches on the line.
- The smartwatches will vibrate, alerting the operator(s) that an urgent message has arrived. The message contains the location of the fault/jam and a description.
- The line operator reacts to the message and fixes the fault/jam – in many cases before the line stops.
Before the use of the smartwatch system, buzzers and red lights informed the operators of problems on the line, but these meant the machine had already stopped and needed attention. The team tried using an iPhone, but it was not audible and the vibration often was not detectable.
The other important feature of the smartwatch, besides the notification aspect, is that it is unobtrusive. The Pebble weighs only a few ounces and is small in size, so it does not get in the operator’s way when they are performing their tasks.
There are currently three smartwatch systems running on three individual assembly lines. Three systems are in full production and one system is still in the testing phase, which will be fully implemented soon. Bosch Anderson is already planning future expansion possibilities of the smartwatch system on more assembly lines throughout the plant.
Bosch Anderson’s biggest challenge with this project was engineering a way to simultaneously connect multiple smartwatches with a single iPhone per assembly line. Each line utilizes three smartwatches simultaneously for redundancy. The watch manufacturer, Pebble, said this arrangement was not possible, citing firmware limitations. However, the Anderson plant was able to engineer around the watch manufacturer’s limitations and successfully pair multiple watches to the iPhone.
David Whitt, set-up operator on the LSF Xfour line, is alerted of a possible jam on the line directly to his smartwatch. He can quickly examine the problem and correct the issue before the line stops.
The smartwatch solution can be implemented across almost any system with a network connection to the Programmable Logic Controller, which controls the machine operations. The use of smartwatches in the workforce and on manufacturing lines is just beginning and expanding rapidly at Bosch Anderson.
Which smart, connected devices are you using in your production facilities?
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Anyway, I really enjoyed reading this article. I hope we do more with this fine company going forward into the IoT.
Next you talk to QUIK try to ask around Sensory Inc. With their low,low power approach, with their just excellent functioning in noise that they are happy to show off, their patent portfolio of algos. They are prime M & A target. THEY ARE WORTH A LOT. QUIK could do in house what SPI had, they cannot ever do in house what Sensory has. They have learned a ton about this.....and must have it covered very well in their agreements.
If they were to go to an IP house like ARM, it will be available still.
WIll they IPO?
On Bosch
So impressed by what they have already done, what their roadmap is, that they have most of it in house already.
the concentration of all things related to the adjacent possible of sensors, sensor IP R & D wise is so high in silicon valley.
within say 1/2 hr of QUIK
Bosch R & D
Huami
Huawei R&D
Samsung research into health
Sensory INc.
probably many, many more but these are ones I put on mapquest to see.
It helps everyone in sensor fusion to have a place like the rich coral reefs teeming with life, against the vast barren oceans.
Using the lens of Steven Johnson's work on how ideas flourish.
It why I started to sort of map where the think tanks of ecosystems are. They are in fact a coral reef. That is more important than most realize. It will help them all. QUIK lives on this reef too, maybe much smaller than many of these names, but they are NOT working in the barren oceans. Innovation does not come from isolation, it comes from this coral reel teeming with algo teams, that have the bits and pieces on their benches or down the road a bit.
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