When Robotics and Automation News interviewed Professor Ralf Herrtwich, the boss of autonomous driving technology at Daimler Mercedes-Benz, one of the many interesting insights he gave us was about the nature of car making these days.
Herrtwich said that, while building cars is still mainly a mechanical process, developing them is overwhelmingly about software.
“Both at OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and suppliers,” said Herrtwich, “software engineering and coding constitute a huge and ever-growing portion of the work.” [Read more…] about Computers on wheels: An insight into how computers are making cars in their own image