Bosch has announced the launch of the Robert Bosch Center for Research in Cyber Physical Systems at the Indian Institute of Science here on Tuesday. The center was inaugurated by the former President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam.
The establishment of this center is part of the global initiative ‘Bosch InterCampus Programme’ that aims to achieve lasting improvements in research conditions for undergraduates and scientists in the university sphere. In this way the programme aims to accelerate progress in the highly promising fields of the environment, energy, and mobility.
Cyber-physical systems will address green technology for instance and conserve energy in buildings. The house of the future will know what current energy prices are and the local weather is like, and optimise its energy consumption according to the needs of its occupants.
Bosch is creating a campus for IT design, cyber-physical systems, mobility solutions and renewable energy in collaboration with IISc one of the leading scientific institute in the country. In May 2011, the group announced investments totaling Rs 300 crores to provide support for universities and research projects in Germany, China, India, and the US over the next ten years.
The lion’s share of the total budget, was allotted to India for a ten-year development project aiming to set up the independent “Robert Bosch Center for Research in Cyber Physical Systems” at IISc in Bangalore. “With our funding for higher education in India, we want to challenge the spirit of innovation amongst future technology specialists,” said VVijay Ratnaparkhe, MD of Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited.
