35 years after Blade Runner transforMOTION realises Ridley Scott's future
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In September 2017, Bosch UK invited the public alongside customers, journalists and decision makers to an interactive glimpse in to the future of mobility in cities.
“35 years after Blade Runner Bosch is realising Ridley Scott's future...”
This tweet from the permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office sums up the first Bosch UK transforMOTION event, which highlighted Bosch’s role and expertise in shaping the future of mobility in cities.
TransforMOTION talks
Taking over The Courtyard and Embankment Galleries at Somerset House, transforMOTION not only showcased Bosch’s solutions to tackle these problems, it also brought together some of the biggest names, brains and leaders from the technology and transport industries. Throughout the day, there were public talks addressing key mobility topics.
People involved in these talks included:
Carol Vorderman MBE
- TV presenter and STEM campaigner, took part in a panel around ‘Women of the Future’
Hod Lipson
- Professor of Engineering and Data Science at Columbia University and author, did a keynote speech entitled ‘Engineering the Brain and Robotics’
Jason Pontin
- Former editor-in-chief and publisher of MIT Technology Review, moderated two discussions; one on ‘Connected, Automated and Electrified Mobility’ and the other on ‘The Challenge of Mobility in Cities’
Michael Hurwitz
- Director of Transport Innovation at Transport for London
Technology demonstrators
In-between the talks and panel discussions, visitors were able to experience some of the technologies on a purpose-built track around the marquee, such as the easyMile. The autonomous shuttle seats 6-10 people and operates using a combination of features such as multi-sensor localisation techniques, obstacle detection and avoidance, as well as GPS.
Also on show was the Bosch Connected Car from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with face recognition, intelligent personalisation and gesture controls with haptic feedback; the e.GO Life light-weight electric city car; the Schwalbe e-scooter from Govecs and the Elmoto city sports bike as well as the latest Bosch eBikes.
The Bosch Home Zone Park Assist, which can store up to ten parking procedures, making regular parking an automated experience, was showcased outside the tent.
Visitors were also able to sit in the Highly Automated Driving (HAD) Car, a Bosch real test vehicle equipped with autonomous driving technology. The start-up enterprise carpooling solution SPLT had also a stand in the transforMOTION tent. The goal of the app is to create a trusted community of carpoolers by matching co-workers to share their journey to work.
Another great showcase with the Royal Shakespeare Company demonstrated how sciences and arts are coming together to drive further innovation with a ground-breaking technology in theatres.