On this award-winning show, you'll learn how Bosch turns research and development into real WOW moments. Each month we explore a different technology topic from multiple perspectives. Our hosts Shuko, Melena and Geoff present the challenges and successes of Bosch experts and dive into a world that makes life smarter, safer and more sustainable. This podcast is for people who love technology and good stories. Two weeks after each episode, you can get extra nerdy KNOW-HOW and WOWs in our Deep Dive shortcast, where we delve into a specific aspect of the topic. It's an inspiring tech snack hosted by an AI-generated voice avatar of Geoff.
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December 11, 2024Episode 7630 min
NEW ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS FOR MOTORCYCLES
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?
November 13, 2024Episode 7524 min
MOON ROVERS: POWERING THE FUTURE OF LUNAR EXPLORATION
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!
October 16, 2024Episode 7429 min
NEW MATTER COMMUNICATION STANDARDS FOR YOUR SMART HOME
"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!"
September 11, 2024Episode 7340 min
BOSCH ICON: ROBERT BOSCH
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/
August 14, 2024Episode 7219 min
VEHICLE MOTION MANAGEMENT PART 2
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
July 10, 2024Episode 7118 min
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!
June 26, 2024Episode 707 min
DEEP DIVE: ORIGIFY
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.
June 12, 2024Episode 6927 min
ORIGIFY
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
May 29, 2024Episode 689 min
DEEP DIVE: HOW GENERATIVE AI CAN HELP DRIVING A CAR
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.
May 15, 2024Episode 6728 min
HOW GENERATIVE AI CAN HELP DRIVING A CAR
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/
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