With companies ranging from aerospace giant Boeing and Uber to German startup Lilium working on flying taxis, Bosch is determined to make the sensors they need more accessible.
The company claims that traditional aerospace technology is too expensive and cumbersome to use in autonomous aircraft. That's why Bosch has announced an affordable plug-and-play sensor suite that adapts sensors used in the automotive industry for use in drones.
According to the company, the universal control unit, which includes dozens of sensors based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), is suitable for any aircraft.
Although the cost of the unit is not specified, Bosch said that it will cost much less than sensors for the aerospace segment.
Source: 3dnews.ru