Research

At Bosch Research, research meets application. Around 1,800 experts around the world develop the technologies of tomorrow — and beyond.

The world in which we live is changing rapidly. Global megatrends such as climate change and digitalization influence virtually every area of day-to-day life. One thing that doesn’t change is Bosch’s mission to create technology that is “Invented for life” — in other words using technological innovations to improve people’s quality of life and using natural resources responsibly.

Bosch Research sees itself as the spearhead of innovation at Bosch: Our researchers are involved in around a quarter of the patent applications filed by Bosch. On the one hand, we help all Bosch divisions to develop the next generation of products or the generation after that. On the other hand, we look far into the future: with our partners in science and industry, we identify technologies and trends which will shape our lives in the future and make them usable for the entire company. As a global team with around 1,800 experts from all over the world, we cover a wide range of areas with our research. Whether it be automation, digitalization and connectivity, artificial intelligence (AI), electrification, climate action and sustainability or healthcare: Bosch Research combines top-level research with specific technological developments.

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Research fields

At Bosch Research, we actively shape the future by researching and developing sustainable technologies that improve people’s lives and make the economy more efficient. Our 1,800 researchers bridge the gap between science and industry and explore technologies and trends in the fields of automation, digitalization and connectivity, artificial intelligence, electrification, climate action and sustainability, and healthcare.

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Automation

Automated and autonomous systems think, act and react on the basis of data. They make autonomous driving for example possible. In the Factory of the Future, robots will relieve human workers of difficult, monotonous and dangerous tasks, making their day-to-day work easier. Automation is relevant in all sectors and is therefore a key topic for Bosch Research. Intelligent sensors and interfaces between people and machines are the basis for numerous automation technologies.

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Digitalization and connectivity

Connectivity technologies allow secure and efficient digital systems. Whether it be an end device or an algorithm: With our research we offer solutions for a connected present and future and combine digitalization with mechanics and electronics, also by means of artificial intelligence methods. With their work on distributed systems and virtualized engineering, the experts at Bosch Research put in place the foundations for specific applications in many sectors.

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an essential part of virtually all future-proof products and services nowadays. Together with the Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (BCAI) as part of Bosch Research, we bring together classic engineering and natural sciences with artificial intelligence methods. This includes basic AI research as well as the use of AI in market-ready technologies using foundation models or reinforcement learning and hybrid modeling.

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Electrification

Electrifying our lives, work and business is essential for a sustainable society. With our research into emissions-free mobility and energy-efficient buildings as well as the production of hydrogen we are paving the way for a climate-neutral future. We are researching electrical drives with batteries and fuel cells for all types of vehicles, heat pumps and solid oxide fuel cells for the electrification of buildings and the production of hydrogen using electrolysis.

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Climate action and sustainability

Conserving resources and minimizing CO₂ emissions are fundamental to sustainable products. With our research into greater resource and energy efficiency, product life cycles and intelligent recycling, we put in place the foundations for optimum product cycles. Our main focus is on the circular economy and eco design as a way of selecting the right materials and developing sustainable products from the very beginning.

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Healthcare

The COVID-19 pandemic showed how important research in the area of medical technology is. Our work at Bosch Research is helping to make automated and AI-based medical diagnostics more accurate and faster, and is putting in place the foundations for personalized therapy. Laboratory diagnostics for the “point of care” is one area of research along with “Internet of Things” solutions for medical devices and “cells-on-chip” technologies.

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