Enabling Endless Possibilities, AI and IoT Also Demand Focus

The prospect of autonomous shuttles becoming mainstream in the not-too-distant future led Bosch engineers to wonder how to handle potential problems that arise in such vehicles when no person is physically present to address them. "That's where this idea around in-vehicle sensing came," Mansuetti said. "When you think about transportation as a service now, or mobility as a service, what are all those things that could happen?" A passenger could leave a smartphone or wallet behind, step into a dirty vehicle or a physical confrontation could occur between two passengers in the vehicle. "When nobody's there, then you just start thinking about these things."