Figure, a developer of autonomous humanoid robots, has signed a major deal with BMW to bring its robots to the car maker's US factory. Under the commercial pact, Figure announced on Thursday it will initially identify potential applications for its robots on the German multinational's auto assembly lines. Then will...
Fiat Chrysler has joined BMW’s growing consortium of automakers, tech companies, and suppliers, all working together to accelerate the creation of semi-autonomous and driverless vehicles. Alongside Fiat and Chrysler, FCA owns the Jeep, Maserati, and Dodge car brands, covering almost all consumer vehicle sizes. That should allow the consortium to...
Continental said on Tuesday it has joined the self-driving consortium led by BMW, created to accelerate the development of autonomous systems for vehicles. The addition of Continental fills the consortium with everything it needs to develop a fully operational self-driving car. The German company is the second largest supplier of...
In a generation where everything is becoming smart, German automaker BMW has unveiled its third-generation X3 models having a plethora of functions including the latest driver assistance, as well as connectivity functionality. will bring new petrol engines as well. The BMW X3 also offers new petrol engines in addition to diesel...
German automaker BMW is confident it can field a car capable of Level 5 autonomy capabilities by 2021, the launch date for its first fully autonomous vehicle. Elmar Frickenstein, the senior vice president of autonomous driving at BMW, said as much during an automotive panel in Berlin. He also said...
Today, we have had another important Gear app being added to the Samsung Galaxy Apps Store, further enhancing the Tizen ecosystem. The BMW group have added their BMW Connected app, which lets you connect to BMW Connected Drive and is compatible with Apple Watch Series 2, Amazon Echo/Alexa, Android and...
BMW has added 40,000 drivers to ReachNow, the company’s car-sharing service currently available in Seattle, Portland, Oregon, and Brooklyn. The platform is built for drivers in urban areas, where car prices and lack of parking space has made it difficult to own a car. The driver pays a small amount...
BMW and Baidu have ended their two year self-driving partnership, citing “irreconcilable differences” between the two companies. Baidu said it will start to look for a new automaker to take over BMW’s role as manufacturer for its self-driving system. For now, it will use Ford’s Lincoln cars in the United...
The future of connected vehicles is gradually becoming reality. It's an evolutionary process that relies on consumer support and legislative change as our populations must not just accommodate but transform their mindset to a new way of travel. Given these challenges, I was excited to speak with Head of Design...
BMW has every intention of launching iNext, its first autonomous car, concurrently in China, Europe, and the United States, barring any regulatory resistance. Speaking at an artificial intelligence and robotics conference in Shenzhen, Maximilian Doemling, the senior manager of the autonomous group, said: “If you’re expecting autonomous function where you...
BMW has announced a partnership with Intel and Mobileye, dedicated to building autonomous cars that are capable of a fully driverless mode. The alliance, announced on Friday at a joint news conference, shows the power dynamics shifting in the automotive industry. Instead of BMW requesting parts and software or sourcing...
BMW has confirmed plans to launch an electric, autonomous car by 2021, named the iNext. Chief executive Harald Krueger revealed the plans during the company’s celebration of 100 years in business. “We are further expanding the BMW i line-up,” said Krueger. “In just a few weeks, we will offer an...
Some of BMW’s factory floors are seeing new workers underfoot, and they aren’t the usual summer interns. The German car maker is trying out suitcase-sized robot trolleys in some of its factories as part of an initiative to cut costs by 5%. Automotive News Europe reports that the self-driving vehicles...
SmartThings connects to BMW cars SmartThings, Samsung's platform to connect to smart devices in your smart home, has announced a brand new integration that will enable their platform to control and monitor your smart home from your BMW. You are also able to control certain functions of your car...
The Samsung Gear S smartwatch app "BMW i Remote" earned a prize in the “Software and Mobile Apps” category at the CES Innovation Awards in New York in November 2014, and therefore making it one of the global front-runners in mobile apps. With the BMW i Remote App you...
The car is not simply something that you sit in to get from A to B. Now it is technically an extension of you and integrates with your wrist. Previously we have shown you OnStar remote controlling a Chevrolet car, well now at IFA 2014 it was BMW's turn...
"Would you like to drive it?" asked Rob Passaro, Head of BMW AppCenter, as we finished up our in-car interview from a suburban street in Austin. I'd been admiring the BMW 650i convertible from the passenger seat, particularly the state of the art infotainment system that was the subject of...
The automotive industry has always been at the forefront of technology, especially at the luxury level. With navigation systems, infrared cameras and other in-car sensors, our cars are becoming more like high-tech computers on wheels. Googlepartnered with BMW in 2007 to offer in-car local search and "send to car" functionality...
Covariant has announced the launch of an artificial intelligence (AI) program with a difference, described as what is "basically a large language model (LLM), but for robot language." Peter Chen, co-founder and CEO of the Berkeley, California-based company spoke to TechCrunch to introduce RFM-1, and the aim of "giving robots...
Chinese firm Tecno has set their robot dog, the Tecno Dynamic 1, loose at the Mobile World Conference 2024 (MWC2024). The conference is a showcase of the best-in-show of mobile developments and updates coming to consumers in the near future. "MWC Barcelona is the largest and most influential event for...
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