BOSCH - Carbon Neutral in 2020! Eyes on Artificial Intelligence and Connectivity

In 2020, German multinational engineering and technology, consumer goods and mobility company Bosch has become carbon neutral.

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Carbon neutrality by 2020 | credits: BOSCH

In 2020, German multinational engineering and technology, consumer goods and mobility company Bosch has become carbon neutral. At the technology show CES 2021, the company stated that the notion will be a new view called AIoT which merges Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) which helps in developing a small solution for the future. 

While addressing the virtual meet Bosch CTO, CSO and management board mentioned that AIoT provides enormous potential and they are already unlocking the potential and planning to expand their effort in the future. An investment of $2 billion will be made by the company in the area of machines, services and green energy till 2030.

Based on the study which was published in Germany, points out that AIoT might go afar health applications to support climate action as well. It also found that comprehensive digitalization in mobility, manufacturing and building technology can help the country in achieving nearly halfway the Paris Agreement emission targets.

Bolle also mentioned that as if now Bosch have already achieved carbon neutrality goal and now their shifting their focus to a much bigger challenges, the emission of our entire value chains. It includes goods purchased to the disposal of the products sold across all businesses areas.

The emissions from upstream and downstream sources are 100 times greater as compared to the emissions of he location at the time when Bosch proclaim about their carbon neutrality target, he added.

He also said that they are planning to reduce these emissions along within their entire value chain by 15 percent by 2030. This is not a number they came up with their own. They agreed to this goal with the Science-based Targets initiative, an international tie up to facilitate swift climate action in the private sector and by doing this they are becoming the first automotive supporter to join this event. 

Bosch climate goal | credits: Bosch

Innovations on display at CES 2021 

The innovations that the Bosch launches at the exhibition is the world's first self-learning AI sensor for wearables and hearables in fitness monitoring. As the AI runs on the sensor itself (edge AI) there is no need of an internet connection during the exercise session and thus it helps to improve the energy efficiency and data privacy.

This product help us to look at our repetitive daily exercises including workout like bench press using weights and then precisely measure these activities. As the AI runs on the sensor itself and that user data remains fully private as it doesn't require a cloud connection or connected to a smartphone to work, Bolle added.

Healthcare is the area where the company is focusing more. Bolle stated that the company is working actively to expand its solutions in this field and for that innovation plays an important role. Bosch presented a sensor which measures factors such as  air quality and relative humidity. This helps in getting information regarding the concentration of aerosols in the air and thus data has a pivotal role in the fight against the coronavirus.  

To control coronavirus, the company is debuting with a new camera solution with integrated intelligent video analysis which measures body temperature contactless, unknowingly and with high accuracy with a maximum deviation of half a degree. 

Using software solution for the open camera platform, these cameras can spot whether the number of people in a shop complies with the ongoing corona restrictions. Again in the healthcare session, a new technique called portable haemoglobin monitor that can spot anaemia by a single finger scan is introduced. This device is very useful in areas where there is insufficient access to medical care. The haemoglobin monitor equipped with AI will deliver  result within 30 seconds without any lab test or blood draw. 

New Division 

Combination of electrified and automated driving with personalized and connected service in generating an increasing demand for automotive software and electronics. In 2010, where the included vaguely 10 million lines of software code, the software of today's automated vehicles goes up to 100 million lines of code. 

Bosch North American President, Mike Mansuetti, said that to capitalize on their long-standing expertise in both these fields, they are now pooling the software and automotive electronics expertise from the areas of automated driving, driver assistance, powertrain, car multimedia, and body electronics in a new division called Cross-Domain Computing Solutions that started operating just 10 days ago.

The division has 17,000 Bosch employees worldwide, of which nearly half are software engineers.

Mansuetti also said that the company tends to master and bringdown complexity in future vehicles through cross domain software  and electronic solutions. They are now focusing powerful vehicle computers, which will help to take over the multitude of individual controls units used today. To make new vehicles functions on the road faster  in the future, making cars more intelligent, provide drivers with tangible benefits are their future goals.