and People Mover concepts among other things A positive side effect of the project Schaeffler has since entered into a joint venture with Paravan GmbH plus former student employees in volved in the OmniSteer project have since been hired by Schaeffler under permanent contracts Dr Ralf Stopp Head of the SHARE Schaeffler Hub for Automotive Research in E Mobil ity cooperation office at KIT Philipp Kautzmann Team Coordinator of the Automated Mobility Working Group and Project Leader Dr Paul Haiduk had joy about the successful project written all over their faces during the final presentation at the end of March sible vehicle conversions with high expertise in steer by wire systems HELLA Aglaia Mobile Vision GmbH smart imaging software and re search teams from Karlsruhe Insti tute of Technology KIT Based on the famous cardboard box mentioned above the team initially designed Oscar Junior a 1 5 scale prototype with environmental sen sors and four corner modules Sub sequently the large full scale Os car was created a test vehicle that thanks to its special kinematics with height offset steerable wishbones boasts extreme agility the kind of maneuverability that Schaeffler in tends to incorporate in future Cargo first self driving vehicle says Prof Dr Ing Tim Hosenfeldt Senior Vice President Technology Strategy and Innovation at Schaeffler Now how did this come about The idea was inspired by the search for use cases for the wheel hub drive that Schaeffler had recently devel oped Now wouldn t it be a smart thing if vehicles were able to parallel park in one go in a fully automated process and without obstructing traf fic After all every driver is familiar with the unnecessarily long lines of cars forming within seconds because someone in front is trying to squeeze their vehicle into a tight parking space Directed by Dr Marcel Mayer the first leader of OmniSteer the project consortium received a 1 9 million euro grant from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Mayer found powerful partners Paravan GmbH a specialist in acces HOW IDEAS TURN INTO SUCCESS OMNISTEER Oscar has grown 45 in motion

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