From mid-2017, expertise currently distributed across several different locations will be pooled in Unterschleissheim. 'In order to succeed, we are establishing new forms of collaboration under'project i 2.0', with small teams of specialists for rapid response and collaboration across the company, as well as a high level of individual decision-making authority,' explains Frohlich. The new work structures will be characterised by agile teams, short distances - and, above all, short decision-making processes. At the new campus, software developers will be able to take the code they have just written across the way for testing in an actual vehicle. 'We are combining the advantages of a start-up, such as flexibility and speed, with those of an established company, like process security and industrialisation expertise,' adds the Development head.

Imagine strapping an enormous VR headset to a car. Now, place that car inside a facility the size of a football field that simulates a full range of motion. Toyota Research Institute CEO Gill Pratt provided a peek inside that incredible facility during a keynote speech to a crowd of more than 3,000 at our GPU Technology Conference in Silicon Valley Thursday. Pratt also announced that Toyota will be opening a new autonomous driving research facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that will be staffed by about 50 researchers to complement Toyota's ongoing efforts in Japan, Silicon Valley, and Cambridge, Mass., near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Pratt is a legendary figure in the robotics community.