Recently, the BMW Group's autonomous driving research and development center was officially opened.
The BMW Group Automated Driving R&D Center is located at the BMW Group Automated Driving R&D Center in Unterschlei heim, Munich, Germany. It provides 23,000 square meters of office space and can accommodate up to 500 vehicles. About 1,800 employees work here. , covering everything from software development to road testing.
The launch of the Autonomous Driving R&D Center marks the BMW Group’s phased results in the field of automated driving technology. It will also accelerate the company’s R&D process in innovation and automated driving and ensure its continued leadership in future travel.
An important goal of the BMW Group's autonomous driving R&D center is to provide full support for the ultimate realization of fully automated driving (L5).
BMW is working with partners on the development of industry autopilot standards, platforms, and back-end systems to achieve stable and safe high-automated driving (L3) and fully automated driving (L4) practices, which will be under Shih Lai The self-driving R&D center in Schimheim is completed. Currently, BMW is recruiting experts and software engineers for artificial intelligence, deep learning and data analysis.
At the launch ceremony of the R&D center, the BMW Group demonstrated the scene of highly automated driving (L4), fully automated driving (L5) application scenarios, and ways of interacting with customers. A BMW 7 Series R&D prototype demonstrated autopilot Technology may change the future travel.
In the demo, the customer 'summoned' the car through the smart phone, and the autonomous vehicle was driven independently from the parking position to the position waiting for the customer. After reaching the designated position, the customer used the smartphone to verify the identity, and the prototype display outside the car was personalized. The method of “greeting” with the owner. Into the car, since the driver is no longer required under fully automated driving (L5), the passenger can start the journey through the rear entertainment control system. The destination has been sent to the vehicle by the smartphone in advance. , The owner does not need further operations. Wait until the vehicle confirms that all occupants are seated before starting the seat belt.
In the process of driving, you can enjoy this journey in your favorite way, and can arrange the stop point on the way through the entertainment control system at any time. The system can also control a variety of vehicle functions, including whistle, flashing lights, locking doors, etc. Upon arrival at the destination, the occupant locks the car outside the car and the car will automatically find a parking space.
It is reported that BMW has more than 10 years of R&D experience in the field of automated driving, accumulating a large number of breakthroughs in key technologies.
BMW's development history on automated driving
In 2017, BMW Group established the industry's first open-automotive R&D platform with Intel, Mobileye and FCA, and plans to launch the BMW iNEXT in 2021 to meet the technical safety requirements of L3 to L5 autopilot. China, as an important base for global research and development of BMW Group, is also actively conducting research and development of automatic driving.