From KNOW-HOW to WOW

Welcome to the candy store! Shuko is excited to try some of the newest Bosch motorcycle systems. Advanced Rider Assistance Systems (ARAS) now include Riding Distance Assist and Group Ride Assist - two functions uniquely made for motorcycles. Bosch engineer Mathieu Grelaud takes us on a test ride and explains why it's tricky to get radar and ABS technology to work cooperatively and make these features work. You're also invited to test your knowledge of motorcycle protective gear - will you do better than co-host Geoff?

Tiny but mighty – shoebox-sized rovers might soon explore the moon's surface. But how do they keep their batteries charged in the harsh lunar wilderness? According to Bosch engineer Vivek Jain, it's not as simple as your vacuum cleaner bot docking at its charging station. One of many reasons: the robot has limited vision. Join our hosts Shuko and Geoff as they explore what it's like to develop cutting-edge technology for a space mission!

"Close the door!" If you're saying that to your voice assistant instead of your housemates, you have a smart home. But which manufacturer's smart home devices are you using, and do they talk to each other? That question may be less relevant in the future, thanks to a relatively new standard called Matter. Bosch expert Michael Zuegel has been busy making our smart home products Matter-ready. He shares his insights on the technology with hosts Shuko and Melena. They also talk to Youtuber Chris West, who maintains a complex smart home setup with automations that make life easier - except when they go wrong. Now tell your voice assistant, "Play the episode!"

Switching it up! This episode, we're talking about a person - one person in particular, our company's founder Robert Bosch. Our host Geoff, a self-declared Bosch fanboy, sits down with Dietrich Kuhlgatz, Director Historical Communications at Bosch. Dietrich brings some treasures, including a diary and actual sound bites from Robert Bosch himself. Meanwhile, co-host Melena has a closer look at the device that was the “big bang” for Bosch, the ignition magneto. This first Bosch bestseller provided the foundation for what the company is today. But what is it? History of the Bosch-Zünder Magazine https://www.bosch.com/stories/bosch-zuender-associate-magazine/ The magneto ignition https://www.bosch-classic.com/de/en/products/range-of-spare-parts/ignition/

Ready for another round? In the second part of our double feature on Vehicle Motion Management, Melena pretends to encounter a moose on the test track, while Shuko gets technical about by-wire technology as one of the enablers of software-controlled vehicle actuators such as brakes, dampers or steering, which can be optimally controlled with the help of Vehicle Motion Management. Bosch expert Philipp Debes performs vigorous maneuvers to demonstrate how this technology helps stabilize vehicles while giving the driver improved control. Bosch product owner Enrico Haberkern returns to discuss how Vehicle Motion Management also has the potential to increase efficiency. Buckle up! Vehicle Motion Management Part 1: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/71-vehicle-motion-management-part-1

Aaaaand stop! Ugh, do you know that jolt in your body just before a braking car comes to a complete standstill? That's a thing of the past: Bosch engineers have made it disappear. They use an EV's electric drive to provide extremely smooth, software-controlled braking. This feature, called e-brake to zero, is just one example of how algorithms can improve the driving experience. While Melena tries it out on a test track with Bosch expert Thomas Friedrich, Shuko and Bosch product owner Enrico Haberkern see what else Vehicle Motion Management can do. The core idea is that a driving task is no longer performed by a single actuator, but by an intelligent combination of actuators. Let's get started!

Amazing deal or cheap counterfeit product? Sometimes it's hard to tell. Orgify can authenticate pre-registered products in an instant. This Deep Dive episode offers a closer look at how registration and authentication work. We also look at how the technology enables new ways for brands to get in touch with customers who bought a pre-owned product.

Fake! Or is it? It's getting harder and harder to tell if something is real or not. This applies not only to images or facts, but also to physical goods such as consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, or luxury watches. Bosch engineer Louis Tepper is part of a team that has developed a solution: Origify is able to scan and recognize the surface of an item based on a simple smartphone image. Melena and Shuko test it. In the process, they learn a lot about the luxury and vintage watch industry. They meet a young Danish watchmaker, Rune Bakkendorff, who builds watches from scratch. Origify, it turns out, could not only help consumers identify counterfeit products, but also help experts authenticate spare parts or industry identify parts too small for serial numbers or QR codes. What time is it? Time to listen to this episode! www.linkedin.com/showcase/bosch-origify EN: www.bosch-origify.com DE: www.bosch-origify.com/de

Generative AI or large vision-language models can improve advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in various ways. Dr. Liu Ren of Bosch Research in Sunnyvale, California, explains how foundation models can help label training data and analyze a bird's eye view representation of a car's various data sources to improve the functional performance of ADAS. Papers: Xiaoqi Wang, Wenbin He, Xiwei Xuan, Clint Sebastian, Jorge Henrique Piazentin Ono, Xin Li, Sima Behpour, Thang Doan, Liang Gou, Han Wei Shen, Liu Ren. "USE: Universal Segment Embeddings for Open-Vocabulary Image Segmentation", at CVPR 2024. Chenbin Pan, Burhan Yaman, Tommaso Nesti, Abhirup Mallik, Alessandro G. Allievi, Senem Velipasalar, Liu Ren. "VLP: Vision Language Planning for Autonomous Driving", at CVPR 2024. Chenbin Pan, Burhan Yaman, Senem Velipasalar, Liu Ren. "CLIP-BEVFormer: Enhancing Multi-View Image-Based BEV Detector with Ground Truth Flow", at CVPR 2024.

Prompt battle! We've all tried giving generative AI chatbots instructions that yield useful results. Recently, GenAI has rapidly expanded across various industries. But can it help drive a car? Dr. Liu Ren, Vice President and Chief Scientist for scalable and assistive AI at Bosch Research, is confident it can. He and his team are at the forefront of integrating foundation models such as large language models or vision-language models with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). In this episode, Liu explains to our hosts, Shuko and Geoff, how the extensive knowledge contained in foundation models can enhance the perception, prediction, and planning capabilities of ADAS. What's even more impressive is that Bosch Research's approach works despite the constrained resources typical in vehicle environments. As Liu shares his cutting-edge research, Shuko and Geoff go head-to-head in a challenge: Who can craft the cleverest prompts for GenAI? Credits: 1. Chenbin Pan, Burhan Yaman, Tommaso Nesti, Abhirup Mallik, Alessandro G Allievi, Senem Velipasalar, Liu Ren. “VLP: Vision Language Planning for Autonomous Driving”, The IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2024 (CVPR 2024). 2. Xiaoqi Wang, Wenbin He, Xiwei Xuan, Clint Sebastian, Jorge Henrique Piazentin Ono, Xin Li, Sima Behpour, Thang Doan, Liang Gou, Han Wei Shen, Liu Ren. “USE: Universal Segment Embeddings for Open-Vocabulary Image Segmentation” , The IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2024 (CVPR 2024). 3.Chenbin Pan, Burhan Yaman, Senem Velipasalar, Liu Ren. “CLIP-BEVFormer: Enhancing Multi-View Image-Based BEV Detector with Ground Truth Flow”, The IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2024 (CVPR 2024). More Bosch podcasts: From Know-how to Wow with Liu Ren, all about “Visual Analytics”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmR97fW_B3I Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

The OGS, the Optical Gas Spectrometer, is a feat of engineering. In the previous episode, we discussed what it can do and how it works. Today, Bosch associate and OGS inventor Alex Stratmann talks more about turning Raman spectrometers into an industrial product. Many considerations had to be made, from the custom laser source to the material used for the seals, and we also learn that OGS development hasn't stopped: The team is working on a high-pressure version and on efforts to measure almost any gas in the world. More Bosch podcasts: Previous episode: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/65-optical-gas-spectrometer Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

Take a deep breath. What you just breathed in was probably about 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen and some minor other components. But how do you measure that? Measuring gases and their concentrations has been pretty difficult, says Bosch physicist Alex Stratmann. His team's invention, the optical gas spectrometer, OGS, is set to change that. It packs what used to be a complex lab setup into a tabletop device. OGS leverages Raman spectroscopy, a method that exists for about a 100 years and has been used e.g. in the art world to analyze pigments. Our hosts Melena and Shuko learn from Cristina Aibéo, a chemist at Berlin's National Museums, how Raman spectroscopy can help solve crimes and also save energy. At Bosch, on the other hand, the OGS helps with measuring hydrogen - and thus with the transition to a green hydrogen economy. Breathe in, breathe out, hit play! From Know-how to Wow”: How to produce green hydrogen? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvbHOY7GAig

Bosch's interior sensing solutions for vehicles can include a driver and/or occupant-monitoring camera, along with an interior radar. All three have distinct capabilities but together they enable not only reliable safety features, but also new comfort features. Bosch product manager Tyler Warga shares details about how the system works and how it handles difficult situations like changing light conditions or obstructions, e.g. sunglasses. Per usual, your host is Geoff's voice avatar. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

You're driving in your car, you notice a new restaurant as you drive past and you wonder: What was that? A car of the not-so-distant future may be able to answer that question. Because it knows what a driver (or passenger) is looking at - be it a landmark on the side of the road, the dashboard, or the road ahead. In the first place, monitoring the driver's gaze and head position enables important safety features, says Bosch product manager Tyler Warga. Geoff and Shuko learn how cameras and radar sensors can pick up signals that people are subconsciously sending. This can help prevent drunk driving, reduce distractions, and save children's lives. Future autonomous cars could even benefit from a sense of the driver's emotional state: they could pick up on Duchenne smiles. As University of Missouri professor Kennon Sheldon explains, this type of smile signals honest amusement. So be amused and wowed when you join us for a sensor-packed ride! More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

Today, artificial intelligence is often synonymous with neural networks. But they're not always the smartest choice. Daniel Jung of Bosch Sensortec in Sweden explains why the Smart Connected Sensors technology platform uses a different kind of AI. He also reveals some other tricks that make the Smart Connected Sensors efficient and reliable. Your host, as usual for our deep dive episodes, is Geoff's voice avatar. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

Move it — and do it with precision! Join our host Geoff at CES in Las Vegas, where he tests the brand new Smart Connected Sensors from Bosch Sensortec. This technology platform, comprising up to eight connected sensor nodes with various sensors, not only tracks movements but also benchmarks them against a reference. How well does Geoff mimic the motions of a virtual robot? Sure, that's fun to find out, but product manager Abhinav Kunchamwar delves into diverse applications where precise motion tracking is transformative. He shares insights with this month's hosts Shuko and Melena. They also learn more about the hardware than expected, as Geoff accidentally breaks open one of the sensor casings. Whoops! More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

Self-charging cars! They're a thing, as we know since our CES live show. Join Geoff's voice avatar and our in-house expert Andrew Krier for an exclusive closer look at automated valet charging, or AVC. Imagine electric vehicles autonomously navigating to chargers, guided by advanced camera systems: convenience meets technology - a glimpse into how we'll soon be rolling! Show notes: More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

Let's spin the reels of innovation! Our hosts Melena and Geoff are at CES, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, exploring Bosch's latest innovations in the areas of mobility and living. However, it wouldn't be a trip to Las Vegas without a few surprises. Melena and Geoff are challenging each other in a competition: They're testing their knowledge about Automated Valet Charging and the IDS Ultra heat pump for cold climates. With support from Bosch experts Andrew Krier and Goncalo Costa, they'll answer questions selected by a virtual slot machine –Vegas-style! And who knows, maybe our #LikeABosch hero Shawn will also make a special appearance?!

A year ago, From Know-how to Wow introduced AI-hosted Deep Dive episodes. We've compiled the nerdiest bits from 12 months of Deep Dives - and added a little holiday cheer at the end. Join Geoff's voice avatar for a look back at our episodes on spatial audio, quantum sensors, and more! More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

Accept all cookies! At least when it comes to the Christmas cookies that Shuko and Geoff make. Speaking of cooking, Patrick Schiebeck has been working on making ovens smarter by equipping them with a camera and artificial intelligence. At BSH, a Bosch subsidiary, a new generation of ovens can visually recognize pizza and many other dishes and cook them to the desired browning level. Perfect results every time! Meanwhile, Scott Wiener, New York City's number one pizza expert, explains how professional pizza makers achieve perfect pies with ovens that don't even have dials to adjust the heat. He also knows why pizza is indeed popular during the holidays. What would you put on a holiday pizza? More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

Stirring a hot soup of molten metal with a beam of light - this kind of fascinating technology is part of Peter Stritt's daily routine. At Bosch Research, he uses a new generation of lasers - beam-shaping lasers - to invent new production processes. In this Deep Dive episode, he explains how laser beams are shaped, what different shapes can be used for, how AI helps his experiments, and, of course, how a laser can stir a weld pool. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

What's the coolest technology on the planet? Lasers, without a doubt. According to Bosch researcher Peter Stritt, Lasers are about to get even cooler. In his lab, he explores new “beam-shaping lasers” and their potential to enable huge advances in manufacturing as well as entirely new product designs. Shuko and Melena uncover how artificial intelligence can help identify optimal ways to use this technology on the factory floor. They also quiz each other - and you, the listener: What colors can laser beams have? Can lasers be used for cooling too? And how close is drilling holes in a sheet of metal in Peter's lab to drilling tunnels in mountains? More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

Heat pumps are a climate-friendly way of heating a home. Replacing F-gases with propane as a refrigerant in heat pumps makes them even more climate-friendly, but presents some technical challenges. In particular, the goal of reducing the amount of refrigerant to less than 152 grams for safe indoor use requires smart solutions beyond simply shrinking the unit. While engineers are still figuring that out, outdoor units that use propane are already on the market. A flow temperature close to that of gas boilers makes them suitable for buildings that couldn't previously convert to heat pumps. Join Geoff's voice avatar and Bosch engineer Markus Sundbrandt as they explore how propane can accelerate the transition to decarbonized heating. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

Heat pumps are literally the hottest trend in keeping our homes comfortable during the winter. Already much more climate-friendly than gas boilers or oil burners, heat pumps are set to become even more ecological. Markus Sundbrandt of Bosch Home Comfort talks about his search for a refrigerant that has a lower impact on the climate than what's circulating in most heat pumps today. The new refrigerant has a global warming potential of only 3, compared to about 2,000 for traditional refrigerants. What these numbers mean, what this new substance is and why it has its downsides, too: all of that and more in this cozy episode, warmly hosted by Melena and Geoff. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

With B2X or V2X technology bikes and cars can make each other aware of their position and direction. Bosch associate Andreas Wienss is working with this technology. In this deep dive with Geoff's voice avatar, he describes various studies he and his colleagues have conducted to make the system reliable and prove its usefulness. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

"BREEAAAAK!" the bike screams - figuratively speaking. With B2X, or bike-to-anything communication, bikes can be aware of other vehicles on the road that are out of the rider's view. And vice versa: car drivers can be warned about bikes they did not notice. Melena gets a demo of this technology, which is ready for use on bikes, cars, and beyond. Bosch eBike Systems team leader Christian Cosyns explains it in detail. Meanwhile, Geoff explores the similarities between connected bikes and bats. Scientist Holger Goerlitz examines their ultrasonic calls. Let's hop on the B2X prototype bike and see how connectivity can help make roads less dangerous. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

In this more in-depth examination of the previous "From KNOW-HOW to WOW" episode, everything revolves around the efficiency of PEM electrolysis (PEM = Proton Exchange Membrane). What role does iridium play as a catalyst? How do you ensure that oxygen bubbles do not hinder the electrochemical reaction? How can stacks and power electronics be coupled in the best possible way? Our Bosch expert Annika Utz answers these and many other questions. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

"I'm the lightest element you'll ever find - but don't be fooled, I'm not to be undermined." Geoff's voice avatar speaks in riddles as Melena and Shuko try to solve a puzzle: the mystery of how to produce green hydrogen. Electrolyzers are the main component for turning renewable energy into hydrogen, and at their core is a stack of PEM (proton exchange membrane) electrolysis cells. Bosch's Annika Utz talks about the challenges of developing a stack that can be mass-produced. Since the market for them is evolving, it's a chicken-and-egg problem. Can philosopher Roy Sorensen offer a clue to solving such conundrums? Hit play and find out! On the road with hydrogen-powered trucks by Bosch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7RKYko5JK0 Will Bosch engineer Tom Collins find a climate-friendly way to heat homes in Britain? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3WzuytTvYk More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

If you want to build an app for a software-driven vehicle, how can it access car data? The open-source middleware KUKSA acts as a data broker. It can answer queries, e.g. for the current vehicle speed, and pass commands, e.g. to open the trunk, to the car. KUKSA developer Sebastian Schildt from the Bosch subsidiary ETAS explains how to safely and securely integrate a modern open-source software stack into a car. More Bosch podcasts: Previous episode: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/47-open-source-the-third-automotive-revolution Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

Free cheesecake for everyone! Wait, we misunderstood. Shuko and Geoff talk to Ansgar Lindwedel of Bosch subsidiary ETAS. He is working to establish standards for software in cars, helping the highly proprietary field make the transition to open source. Many other projects have demonstrated the benefits of sharing knowledge and code. One of Wikipedia's most prominent editors shares some of their experiences. But there are limits to sharing. Melena's mom's cheesecake recipe remains a secret for now. More Bosch podcasts: FKHTW Live Podcast at Bosch Connected World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmQSJrHiGEg FKHTW Deep Dive into software-driven vehicles: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/33-deep-dive-make-cars-more-software-driven "Let's Accelerate": https://www.bosch-innovation-consulting.com/de/news-und-events/lets-accelerate-podcast/ Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

When electric vehicle batteries reach their end-of-life, each of them is unique and has its own history. Recycling these batteries means that every single one requires a slightly different treatment. While Geoff and Melena discussed the difficulty of discharging these batteries in the previous episode, here's a closer look at the dismantling process. A digital twin and a worker guidance system developed by Bosch Rexroth help disassemble each battery according to its characteristics. Geoff's voice avatar asks Sebastian Krieger to explain how it works. If you haven't listend to the previous episode on this topic, we recommend it for more exciting details. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ previous episode: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/45-fully-automated-battery-recycling-for-electric-cars

Battery level: 300%! Get ready for an extra charge of From Know-How to Wow: our show now has three hosts as Melena returns from maternity leave. However, sometimes a charged battery can be a problem. To recycle batteries from electric cars, they need to be completely discharged. Surprisingly, this is easier said than done. A deep discharge can take 24 hours and more. But Sebastian Krieger of Bosch Rexroth has helped develop a solution that deep discharges batteries in mere minutes. This opens the door to a streamlined recycling process and prepares the recycling industry for an influx of millions of EV batteries in the coming years. This episode also includes a chance to test your knowledge of lithium, one of the valuable metals that can be recycled from lithium-ion batteries. Ready for an extra knowledge boost? More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

How do you teach an AI the difference between a PET bottle and an HDPE bottle? The Bosch team around Sidharta Andalam combined several sources of information to increase the accuracy of their system. Camera images and terahertz sensor signals are combined to decide if an item should get picked out of a waste stream. To get the necessary labeled training data, the engineers used the experience of trained workers at a recycling plant in Singapore. If you haven't listened to the previous full episode about this topic, we recommend starting there for additional context. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/

An X-ray-like machine, but for waste. That's what Sidharta Andalam and his team at Bosch Research in Singapore have developed. Instead of X-rays, it uses harmless terahertz waves to identify recyclable materials, help make recycling more profitable, and, in turn, divert recyclables like plastic bottles from landfills. Based on the terahertz images, an AI separates different types of plastic. In addition, Shuko and Geoff learn where plastic can be used wisely: Steven Greenall explains why plastic trombones are more climate-friendly than brass trombones.

RideCare companion is more than what's in the box. With two pieces of hardware, live emergency assistance, a driver app and online data storage, the RideCare ecosystem is steered by a cloud service. Geoff's voice avatar and Sarah Uttendorf dive into the engineering challenge of making a safety critical mobile device as reliable as possible and keeping the system in sync. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

On the road with the Ridecare companion Buckle up, listeners! In the latest episode of our “FROM KNOW-HOW to WOW” podcast, Geoff hits the road with test driver Matt Gutie to learn how our RideCare companion is improving ridesharing safety. Bosch engineer Sarah Uttendorf is one of the developers of the new system. She tells us how the product came to life. Equipped with a connected camera that records both inside and outside the vehicle, as well as a wireless SOS button, the RideCare companion ensures that drivers and passengers alike can enjoy safer rides. Thanks to AI algorithms, the system automatically detects the start and end of each ride and even notifies the driver if the camera view is obstructed. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Want to get to the bottom of how a magnetic field quantum sensor works? Learn more in this deep dive episode. Geoff's voice avatar picks the brain of Bosch physicist Riccardo Cipolletti to uncover some of the key principles of the new technology. It relies on the Zeeman effect, a Nobel-prize worthy discovery on the effect of magnetic fields on the energy levels of electrons. Warning: This episode contains a mathematical formula! ;-) More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

A quantum leap in the history of From Know-How to Wow! Shuko and Geoff hear from Riccardo Cipolletti, a physicist at Bosch Quantum Sensing. The team he's a part of is developing magnetic field quantum sensors that are 1,000 times more sensitive than today's MEMS sensors. They can, for instance, easily measure the tiniest magnetic fields inside our own bodies like those caused by neuron activity. Neuroscientist Marc Dingman explains why data like this could help doctors better understand some conditions that today just seem bizarre. Along the way, our hosts try to get a feeling for what a “femto Tesla” is, what autonomous cars can learn from migratory birds, and what it takes to control a quantum system. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Geoff's voice avatar has some trouble wrapping his head around the sensor fusion algorithms in head-tracking devices - in part because as a voice avatar by nature he neither has a head, nor a body. Fortunately, Bosch expert Ye Lu is excellent in explaining how different sensors can help correct each other's errors and why school mathematics has its limits when you want to accurately determine rotation angles. In this deep dive, we also learn why the inventions of old geniuses like Foucault, Euler and Gauss are still relevant for state-of-the-art VR headsets, earbuds and other wearables. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Woooosh! Sounds are all around us, but when we wear headphones we are no longer moving through a soundscape, but carry the sounds with us, in our head. Head-tracking technology changes that and has a lot more interesting applications. Ye Lu aka “Kimmi” has developed the head-tracking feature in Bosch's BHI 360 sensor. She takes us on a journey of challenges, successes and new challenges. Constantin Popp from the University of York explains how 3D sound can help gamers win. Come join Shuko and Geoff for an auditory and emotional rollercoaster ride! This episode is special. For the full effect, it is best to listen to it with headphones or at least stereo speakers. More Bosch podcasts: From Know-how to Wow “MEMS - With all (technical) senses”: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/4-mems Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Kaching! Your car just earned its own gas money. In the Economy of Things, cars and other machines and devices can become independent economic actors. As they interact and do business, they need to trust each other's identities and that contracts between machines are executed as agreed upon. Web3 technology can enable these scenarios. Bosch researcher Dr. Nik Scharmann and our virtual host, Geoff's voice avatar, dive into the challenges and opportunities of the Economy of Things. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Cryptocurrencies are becoming more and more relevant, but they're only a small part of what is called Web3, a decentralized Internet, based on distributed ledger technology. The idea behind Web3 is that in a highly connected world, the key to be successful is to find the right balance between cooperation and competition, a so-called “copetition”. At Bosch Connected World in Berlin, Shuko and Geoff talked about this to Bosch's Chief Digital Officer, Tanja Rückert. From Cafer Ince they learned how Bosch Mobility Solutions is developing Web3-based applications. Marcel Kaiser provided some insights into the collaboration between the startup he works at, PolyCrypt, and Bosch. Is the industry warming up to the idea of a Web3-based marketplace? Show notes: More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

This is a first! Starting with this episode, we'll bring you a monthly shortcast in addition to our regular episodes. Nerd alert: here's your chance to dive deeper into one specific aspect of the previous episode. This time, we're back at Bosch Connected World in Berlin to learn more about software-defined vehicles. A whole hackathon was organized around SDV with teams using open-source tools to develop automotive applications. Guess who's hosting our deep dives. Hint: it's neither Shuko nor Geoff, but someone – or something – similar. Tune in and find out!

What are the benefits of “software-defined vehicles”? Find out in this special episode, which took place LIVE at the Bosch Connected World event on November 9. Our hosts were joined on stage by experts Christian Uebber and Christian Heissenberger, who work at ETAS, the Bosch subsidiary for automotive operating systems and software development kits. During this special episode they talked about the characteristics of these vehicles, and the challenges our teams face in making cars more software-driven. Software is already an integral part of almost every function in modern vehicles, whether it's for electrically adjusting the seat, recharging the vehicle, deploying the airbag, or listening to the radio. But there's so much more to software-defined vehicles, such as over-the-air updates that could improve software-based functionality - just like your smartphone's software updates. Listen in to find out more! More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Throwing and catching are human skills that we not only use in sports, but also as a shortcut - saving time compared to walking a few steps. What if robots could do the same? Bosch Research engineer Timm Linder helps explore this in an EU-funded project called DARKO. In collaboration with research labs across Europe, he and his team are developing a robot that will toss items into bins at a warehouse, while aiming to make the robot behave more intelligently among humans and equipping it with a better 3D perception and semantic scene understanding of the environment it is deployed in. Perhaps the robot can learn some lessons from Ceola McGowan: The world champion in double-bit axe throwing has some advice on how to precisely throw oddly shaped objects and shares her technique with Shuko and Geoff. Our hosts are already dreaming of robots that can toss the laundry into the washer… More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

How to develop self-driving cars? Automated cars become more and more advanced. But this shift toward vehicles that will eventually be autonomous means major architectural changes in how cars are developed. In this episode, Shuko and Geoff are joined by Axel Schwarz, Director for Engineering of L4 Sensors, and Kay Stepper, Senior Vice President for Automated at Driving Bosch North America. Both explain how cars can use a cycle of “sense, think, act” to move autonomously. And Ben Peters, Cofounder of the Bosch subsidiary FIVE, discusses how he builds special simulation environments that help test drive future vehicle technology. Intrigued? Then let's hit the road! More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

What's the future of more sustainable truck driving? Hydrogen! In this episode, Bosch engineer Michael Marino explains how he and his team develop fuel cell stacks that convert hydrogen into electricity. Each fuel cell produces less than 1 Volt, but hundreds of fuel cells stacked on top of each other can power long-haul trucks. For example, Nikola Motor Company have trucks with Bosch fuel-cell technology on the streets of the United States. These vehicles are quieter and accelerate faster than trucks with a combustion engine, and have 0 g/km local CO² emissions . Moreover, Shuko and Geoff (virtually) visit a farm - a hydrogen farm. Kore, a startup in California, is working on producing green, sustainable hydrogen made from farming waste. More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Not to scare anyone, but this episode contains - cold showers!!! Keeping the chills away is Bosch product manager Christoph Bauerdick's mission. With Bosch's HomeCom Pro solution, he helps installers keep tabs on the heat pumps, boilers and other heating systems they have installed and ideally fix issues before they lead to cold showers, or worse: no heating at all. HomeCom Pro uses data that appliances generate every twelve seconds. Analyzing these masses of data and bringing them into a human-readable format is the responsibility of Alexandre Chambel. He explains to Shuko and Geoff how data can help customers save energy. Our guests: Christoph Bauerdick: https://eta-fabrik.de/ueber-uns/team-mitglied/christoph-bauerdick/ Alexandre Chambel https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrechambel More Bosch podcasts: Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/

Imagine being able to remove odors and bacteria easily and on the go, without needing to wash your clothes. In the latest episode of our "From KNOW-HOW to WOW" podcast, we talk about how our FreshUp device uses plasma technology to remove odors from fabrics simply by brushing over them. Plasma occurs naturally in the universe. During the show, Tobias Wende, a Bosch electronic system engineer, talks about how they were able to incorporate plasma technology, which releases active plasma particles to dissolve simple odor molecules, into a device the size of a glasses case. What an unpleasant smell is, however, differs from one nose to another, says Antonie Bierling, researcher at the Universities of Dresden and Jena. She works on finding out more about which molecules stink and which ones have a lovely scent and shares her know-how with Shuko and Geoff.

What do the components of a car have in common with a jazz band? Getting them to play together in unison can be pretty challenging. This is something that car manufacturers know well. For future electric vehicles, a cross-divisional team around Bosch system engineers Erik Goerres and Dieter Schwarzmann want to make manufacturers' lives easier. To understand the challenges and to improve component integration, they decided to follow the learn-by-doing approach and build their own research-only prototype vehicle. They call it the “Rolling Chassis”. One product that came out of it is the Advanced Driving Module, a package solution with all the Bosch components you need to make an electric vehicle move. Let's get this episode rolling!

Ever used a claw machine on a funfair? Grabbing an item is no easy task - especially when the machine is rigged against you. But how would you design a claw machine that works every single time? In the latest episode of our "From KNOW-HOW to WOW" podcast, we explore this with Bosch expert Christoph Marx, who built a robot system for warehouses, called Smart Item Picking. His challenge was to build a system combining hardware components, vision sensors and software algorithms that can handle millions of different parts with a high variety in shape, size, weight, and many uncertain parameters. Christoph tells us how using artificial intelligence and a 3D scanner lead him and his team to the solution. ...and what does all of this have to do with the moon landing? Listen in and find out! Show notes: More about smart item picking: https://www.bosch-presse.de/pressportal/de/en/smart-item-picking-227026.html The Cradle of Aviation museum has more fun facts about the lunar module: https://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/history/lunar-module.html More Bosch podcasts: The Spexor Episode: https://youtu.be/EnGlnkE8uVY Beyond Bosch: https://podtail.com/de/podcast/beyond-bosch/ Mighty Micro: https://mightymicro.podigee.io/