Bosch looks to AIoT as revenue falls
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Robert Bosch saw a drop of 4.4 percent in turnover in 2020 to €71.6bn from 2019, which was iteslf down from turnover of over €78bn in 2017 and 2018. Profits dipped again in 2020 to €1.9bn after restructuring costs, down from €2.06 in 2019 and half that of the stronger previous years.
罗伯特·博世（Robert Bosch）管理委员会主席Volkmar Denner博士说：“尽管大流行的影响，我们仍能够取得非常积极的结果。”只有包括测试系统的医疗活动在内的消费者部门才能增长。
“By investing in areas of future importance, such as sustainable mobility, the internet of things, and artificial intelligence, we are further expanding our innovation leadership,” he said.
In particular, Bosch believes that AIoT – the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) – will create growth opportunities in markets worth billions. “We want to become a leading AIoT company,” said Denner. “On the strength of our broad domain knowledge and extensive expertise in electronics and software, we have more at our disposal than most of our competitors.”
博世已经出售了约100万个连接性的电动工具，家用电器和供暖系统，并且活跃用户的数量正在增长。Denner说：“下一步是将技术专长变成业务。”博世人工智能中心（BCAI）成立于2017年初，目前雇用了270名员工在移动，制造业，智能家居和农业领域的180多个项目。
新的跨域计算解决方案部门拥有大约17,000个硬件和软件专家，也将在博世所说的是成为Aiot公司的旅程中发挥重要作用。Denner说：“新部门将硬件和软件开发汇总为新的汽车电子体系结构。”“这是我们通往新兴市场的门户，这是由汽车智力较高的高水平驱动的。”在2020年下半年，博世看到其车辆计算机的订单约为25亿欧元。今年将遵循价值数十亿美元的进一步交易。
下一步：博世Aiot计划
博世正在其所有业务部门开发AIOT应用程序。一个例子是Aviotec，这是一种基于视频的火灾检测系统，即使红外线作为唯一的光源，它也使用人工智能检测烟雾和火焰。另一个是一个用于视觉检查工件的应用程序平台，该工件部署了AI，以帮助检测最细微的表面划痕。在健身追踪器中，具有Edge AI的新型自学习传感器可最大程度地减少延迟和功耗。
但是，由于春季锁定影响了许多国家和行业，销售在2020年下半年恢复了很多。CFO兼管理委员会副主席Stefan Asenkerschbaumer教授说：“尽管存在危机，但我们对2020年业务在2020年的发展方式感到非常满意。”“我们迅速采取了行动，将我们的成本和资本支出与销售下降保持一致，而没有忽略有希望的新业务领域。”
Part of this was saving €1bn on capital expenditure.
它指向的目标是碳中性的the company, which is achieved at all 400 sites in March last year just before the pandemic hit in earnest. “According to in-house calculations, Bosch became the first globally operating industrial enterprise to achieve climate neutrality in spring 2020 – earlier, with fewer offsets, and more cost effectively than planned,” said Denner. An independent audit is currently being carried out. He also restated the goal of a 15 percent reduction in CO₂ emissions along the supply chain by 2030.
For electric vehicles, he points to a €5bn investment in electrical powertrains and this year, Bosch will spend €700m on developing electrical mobility solutions, including fuel cells. This is nearly 40 percent higher than last year.
“在可预见的将来，电动性将成为博世的核心业务之一。我们的目标是成为电池和燃油电池驱动车辆电动汽车的市场领导者。” Denner说。自2018年以来，博世（Bosch）从事90个动力总成项目，其中包括去年的30个价值75亿欧元。目前，全球超过250万辆汽车具有Bosch Electric Powertrain组件。
The Mobility Solutions business sector, which was hit particularly hard by manufacturing shutdowns in the automotive industry with sales of €42.3bn despite a year-on-year decline of 9.5 percent. Consumer Goods increased its sales by 5.2 percent to €18.6bn.
工业技术业务集团无法逃避长期的市场弱点。总体销售额为51亿欧元，比上一年下降了16.0％。能源和建筑技术业务部门的销售额为54亿欧元。
博世预计，全球经济在2021年将缓慢恢复。在去年收缩约4.5％之后，博世预计来年将增长不到4％。
说:“这场危机还没有结束,Asenkerschbaumer, as political developments such as Brexit and continuing strategic competition between the U.S. and China with its potential for trade restrictions could also impact global economic development. “Despite all the challenges, it remains our goal to grow more strongly than the markets in the sectors and regions that are important for us.”
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