The BMW Group is pushing the boundaries of manufacturing automation with its progressive Automated Driving In-Plant (AFW) expertise. This high-tech resolution, a part of the BMW iFACTORY initiative, allows new automobiles to navigate manufacturing services autonomously.
After profitable testing and CE certification on the Dingolfing plant, AFW is now operational at scale. The expertise can be being rolled out on the Leipzig plant, with extra BMW manufacturing services, together with Regensburg, Oxford, and Debrecen, set to undertake it by 2025.
Presently, AFW helps fashions just like the BMW 5 Collection, 7 Collection, MINI Countryman, and others. At Dingolfing, automobiles autonomously traverse over a kilometer from meeting to the ending space utilizing superior LIDAR infrastructure—the biggest in Europe. The system employs cloud-based structure, integrating exterior sensors and motion planners for exact navigation, no matter a automobile’s gear.
BMW’s Leipzig plant goals to automate 90% of its BMW and MINI fashions, signaling a brand new period of effectivity. Future purposes will embrace testing zones and outside distribution areas, with on-board automobile expertise more and more complementing exterior sensors.
Collaborating with Swiss startup Embotech AG, BMW continues to innovate, setting new requirements for automation and digitalization in automotive manufacturing.
