From KNOW-HOW to WOW
74 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsOn 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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Vehicle Motion Management Part 1
July 10, 2024 04:30 - 18 minutes - 16 MBAaaaand 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 ...
DEEP DIVE: ORIGIFY
June 26, 2024 04:30 - 7 minutes - 6.76 MBAmazing 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.
ORIGIFY
June 12, 2024 04:30 - 27 minutes - 22.7 MBFake! 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. ...
DEEP DIVE: HOW GENERATIVE AI CAN HELP DRIVING A CAR
May 29, 2024 04:30 - 9 minutes - 8.27 MBGenerative 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, Ha...
HOW GENERATIVE AI CAN HELP DRIVING A CAR
May 15, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes - 23.7 MBPrompt 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 epi...
DEEP DIVE: OPTICAL GAS SPECTROMETER
April 24, 2024 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.5 MBThe 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 almo...
OPTICAL GAS SPECTROMETER
April 10, 2024 04:30 - 29 minutes - 24.6 MBTake 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 bee...
DEEP DIVE: INTERIOR SENSING SOLUTIONS FOR VEHICLES
March 27, 2024 05:30 - 9 minutes - 7.92 MBBosch’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 Bo...
INTERIOR SENSING SOLUTIONS FOR VEHICLES
March 13, 2024 06:00 - 30 minutes - 25.3 MBYou’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 ra...
DEEP DIVE: SMART CONNECTED SENSORS
February 28, 2024 06:00 - 9 minutes - 8.49 MBToday, 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/
SMART CONNECTED SENSORS
February 14, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes - 21.9 MBMove 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 motio...
DEEP DIVE: LIVE FROM CES 2024
January 31, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 5.98 MBSelf-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/
LIVE FROM CES 2024
January 17, 2024 05:30 - 43 minutes - 35 MBLet'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 Cos...
DEEP DIVE: BEST OF 2023
December 27, 2023 06:00 - 8 minutes - 7.3 MBA 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/
COOKING WITH AI
December 13, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 25.1 MBAccept 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 prof...
DEEP DIVE: LASER
November 29, 2023 06:00 - 10 minutes - 8.6 MBStirring 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/p...
LASER
November 15, 2023 06:00 - 26 minutes - 21.9 MBWhat’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 ca...
DEEP DIVE: HOW TO MAKE HEAT PUMPS EVEN MORE CLIMATE-FRIENDLY
October 25, 2023 16:00 - 7 minutes - 6.8 MBHeat 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...
HOW TO MAKE HEAT PUMPS EVEN MORE CLIMATE-FRIENDLY
October 11, 2023 15:00 - 27 minutes - 23 MBHeat 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 refrigerant...
DEEP DIVE: SAFER ROADS FOR CYCLISTS WITH B2X COMMUNICATION
September 27, 2023 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.72 MBWith 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/
B2X COMMUNICATION: SAFER ROADS FOR CYCLISTS
September 13, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes - 25.1 MB"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. ...
DEEP DIVE: HOW TO PRODUCE GREEN HYDROGEN AT SCALE
July 26, 2023 05:00 - 11 minutes - 9.88 MBIn 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...
HOW TO PRODUCE GREEN HYDROGEN AT SCALE
July 12, 2023 05:00 - 28 minutes - 23.7 MB"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 ...
DEEP DIVE: OPEN SOURCE - THE THIRD AUTOMOTIVE REVOLUTION
June 28, 2023 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.18 MBIf 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-o...
OPEN SOURCE - THE THIRD AUTOMOTIVE REVOLUTION
June 14, 2023 05:00 - 28 minutes - 23.3 MBFree 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...
DEEP DIVE: FULLY-AUTOMATED BATTERY RECYCLING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
May 24, 2023 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.11 MBWhen 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 v...
FULLY-AUTOMATED BATTERY RECYCLING FOR ELECTRIC CARS
May 10, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes - 24.3 MBBattery 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...
DEEP DIVE: SMART PLASTIC WASTE SORTING
April 26, 2023 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.13 MBHow 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 ep...
SMART PLASTIC WASTE SORTING WITH AI
April 12, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes - 23.8 MBAn 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 plas...
DEEP DIVE: ON THE ROAD WITH THE RIDECARE COMPANION
March 29, 2023 05:00 - 9 minutes - 7.88 MBRideCare 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.podige...
ON THE ROAD WITH THE RIDECARE COMPANION
March 15, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutes - 25.9 MBOn 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 companio...
DEEP DIVE: QUANTUM SENSING
March 01, 2023 13:20 - 8 minutes - 7.68 MBWant 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/...
QUANTUM SENSING
February 15, 2023 06:00 - 34 minutes - 28 MBA 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 ...
DEEP DIVE: NEW AUDIO EXPERIENCES WITH HEAD-TRACKING SENSORS
January 25, 2023 06:00 - 10 minutes - 9.34 MBGeoff’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, E...
NEW AUDIO EXPERIENCES WITH HEAD-TRACKING SENSORS
January 11, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutes - 19.5 MBWoooosh! 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...
DEEP DIVE: HOW CAN WEB3 HELP ENABLE TRUSTED COLLABORATION?
December 28, 2022 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.01 MBKaching! 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 Bosc...
HOW CAN WEB3 HELP ENABLE TRUSTED COLLABORATION?
December 14, 2022 15:35 - 22 minutes - 18.7 MBCryptocurrencies 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 ...
DEEP DIVE: MAKE CARS MORE SOFTWARE-DRIVEN!
November 30, 2022 14:19 - 8 minutes - 7.48 MBThis 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 ...
MAKE CARS MORE SOFTWARE-DRIVEN!
November 16, 2022 13:10 - 28 minutes - 23.8 MBWhat 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 softwar...
OBJECT-THROWING ROBOTS: CATCH THIS!
October 27, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes - 27.9 MBThrowing 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 ...
AUTOMATED DRIVING
September 29, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes - 28.3 MBHow 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, Cofou...
TRUCK YEAH!
August 25, 2022 05:00 - 30 minutes - 24.9 MBWhat’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 tha...
SAVING ENERGY WITH HOMECOM PRO
July 28, 2022 05:00 - 31 minutes - 26.1 MBNot 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 hum...
FRESHUP: HOW ODORS CAN BE REMOVED FROM FABRICS EASILY AND ON THE GO
June 30, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes - 28.5 MBImagine 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 particl...
THE ROLLING CHASSIS: LET'S GET ROLLING
May 26, 2022 13:30 - 33 minutes - 27.4 MBWhat 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...
SMART ITEM PICKING: PICK THAT PACKET!
April 28, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes - 22.4 MBEver 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 m...
ROADTRIP
March 31, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes - 31.2 MBShuko has a passion for motorcycles and takes Geoff on a (virtual) weekend ride on curvy mountain roads. What helps make their ride safer and more comfortable is ARAS, Bosch’s Advanced Rider Assistance System. Two of its developers, Yuki Oshida and Daniel Vetter, explain how they transferred ideas like adaptive cruise control from passenger cars to motorcycles. Turns out, 2-wheelers have peculiar physics! Victor Manuel Rivera knows that, too. He pushes the limits of the laws of physics during...
DIGITALIZING MANUFACTURING: NEXEED it!
February 24, 2022 06:00 - 32 minutes - 26.3 MBWhat is the Industrial Internet of Things and can it help connect a whole factory, even when it’s equipped with lots of old machines? The first step to finding this out is to call Marian Demme. The IIoT expert helps companies digitalize manufacturing with NEXEED, Bosch’s software portfolio for Industry 4.0. Proving its value, Tobias Pfister talks about how production lines at the Bosch plant in Bamberg, Bavaria boosted their efficiency thanks to NEXEED. With this software, just one small val...
SPEXOR - PROTECT WHAT YOU LOVE
January 27, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 32.6 MBIt was early one morning when Bosch associate Tobias Riedel walked to his car and saw that something was wrong. The window smashed. With the steering wheel, multimedia system, and everything else missing. A few days later, Tobias had an idea. He developed a mobile alarm system. That was the moment Bosch’s new and unique in all the world security assistant spexor was born. Spexor is packed with sensors that can be used for a wide range of applications, from intrusion detection to identifying h...
2021 WRAP-UP
December 30, 2021 06:30 - 21 minutes - 17.2 MBWelcome to the 2021 wrap-up of our podcast. Our cheery hosts Shuko and Geoff recollect their personal "wow" moments from the first year of the show, take a look behind-the-scenes, and share some lovely fan mail. We say THANK YOU to all our listeners, and look forward to sharing more ‘wow’ with you in 2022! Shownotes: Shuko’s fav episode so far: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/19-ssi Goeff’s fav episode so far: https://fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/15-formula_e Bosch CDO Tanja Rückert’s ...