Applied EV launches digital control system, specifically designed for the mass-production of fully autonomous vehicles
The leader in fully-autonomous Software Defined Machines (SDM), Applied EV, today unveils upgraded technology-stack, specifically designed for the mass-production of fully autonomous vehicles, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Designed for the industry at large, the Generation Six Digital Backbone brings new levels of safety with multiple layers of redundancy, making it an ideal solution for Level Four and Five autonomous applications.
In a world-first, the proprietary Digital Backbone™ is commercially available to OEMs to enable machines of all types to run entirely on software.
The latest launch is part of Applied EV’s expansion plans to improve global transport solutions and deploy commercially-viable Mobility as a Service (MaaS) solutions across the globe.
“After years perfecting the Digital Backbone in trials, we are now presenting our first fully commercial solution. It is precisely the new type of innovation that will future-proof business models and form the mainstay of the transportation industry for decades to come,” says Applied EV’s CEO, Julian Broadbent.
“The Digital Backbone is functionally unique as it can be integrated into any traditional EV vehicles, or into our modular Blanc Robot platform. In turn, providing an ‘application-ready’ software defined machine with the ability to service limitless industrial transport applications,” Boradbent concludes.
Originally designed and manufactured in Melbourne, Australia, the Blanc Robot™ is a cabinless universal ‘turn-key’ solution.
In addition to multiple worldwide trials with companies such as The University of Sydney, Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR), Teijin and Ibeo; the Blanc Robot is already being utilized for industrial energy and delivery fulfillment services.
In May 2022, in partnership with Oxbotica, Applied EV conducted the first cabinless autonomous vehicle tested on publicly accessible streets in Oxford, Europe.
In September 2022, Applied EV announced a strategic investment from Suzuki Motor Corporation. The companies are currently exploring the deployment of Applied EV systems in future Suzuki EV products and the production of autonomous vehicles at scale.
The Digital Backbone is set to improve Suzuki’s vehicle’s feature set and accelerate the transition to autonomous transport – while simultaneously – reducing hardware complexity and providing cost efficiencies.
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About Applied EV
Founded in 2015, Applied EV develops safety-rated, autonomous-ready, digital control systems and modular vehicle platforms for commercial applications. Applied EV is creating the future of transport with driverless, efficient transport solutions with Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) architected applications for the automotive and industrial sectors.
About the Generation Six Digital Backbone™
Applied EV’s core product, the Digital Backbone™ advances the digital capabilities of electric vehicles, in turn, reducing hardware complexity and manufacturing costs to optimize the deployment of autonomous driving technology and support the next generation of vehicle architectures to be completely Software Defined.
The Digital Backbone has two key purposes. First, the Generation Six Digital Backbone has been purposefully designed to centralize all software functions into a singular control system that is dynamic enough to power all driving and steering functions.
By reducing the number of individual inputs and outputs required to manufacture vehicles, the Digital Backbone unlocks the complexity of all control and management functions of the vehicle – such as autonomous driving, or managing drive-by-wire controls. For partners, the reduction of inputs and outputs reduces costs and development time, increases the speed of upgrades, and increases operational efficiencies.
Features: ASIL-D ready architecture; carefully crafted to comply with the highest safety ratings making it an ideal solution for Level Four and Level Five autonomous applications; configurable; programmable.
About the Generation Five Blanc Robot™
The Digital Backbone powers Applied EV’s proprietary AV transport platform, the Blanc Robot. The Blanc Robot™ is a cabinless, driverless vehicle, configurable for multiple autonomous commercial uses, including on-road and off-road applications.
From the very beginning, Applied EV set out with the mission to revolutionize transport that filled an evident gap in the market that wasn’t being met. The Blanc Robot delivers on the immediate market need for a vehicle that runs entirely on software, while simultaneously delivering safer, cleaner, more efficient transport solutions to the industry.
By introducing autonomous technology to commercial and industrial applications, Applied EV’s Blanc Robot takes the risk to human health and welfare out of the equation and contributes to eliminating labor shortages.
Sizes: Modular for multiple applications, including on-road and off-road applications. Examples include, but are not limited to; grocery and package delivery, garbage collection, surveillance, telecommunications, mining and farming sites, and other technical industrial applications.
Features: Driverless, bi-directional, four-wheel-steering, programmable, autonomous-ready.
