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Did anyone ever find out who BMW might be connecting with on neuromorphic or is it still open to whoever's tech they may be testing?
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A GOOD INTERNSHIP IS NEVER HANDS OFF.SHARE YOUR PASSION.
We believe in creating an environment where our interns really can learn by doing and where they are given their own areas of responsibility right from the start of their time with us. That’s why our experts will treat you as part of the team from day one, encourage you to bring your own ideas to the table – and give you the opportunity to really show what you can do.
At the RoboTac Lab, you support the integration of multi-modal interactive perception and learning technologies in robotics to enhance human-machine collaboration and mobility solutions.
What awaits you?
- You contribute to the development of the next generation of intelligent interactive vehicles and robotics.
- Here, you develop and test neuromorphic-based foundation models for multimodal inputs like vision, auditory, and tactile.
- Designing foundation model algorithms to improve robotic grasp and manipulation is part of your role.
- Additionally, you collaborate with experts in AI, robotics, and cognitive sciences.
What should you bring along?
- Studies in electrical, electronic, control engineering, computer science, or a comparable field.
- Knowledge of event-driven sensors and spiking neural networks.
- Familiarity with neuromorphic computing concepts and tools.
- Expertise in foundation models, transformers, robot learning, and computer vision.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C++, and frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
- Hands-on experience with robotics platforms like ROS2, Universal Robot, Panda Franka, robotic hands, and grippers.
- Exposure to hardware accelerators for AI applications such as GPUs, TPUs, or neuromorphic chips.
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- Comprehensive mentoring & onboarding.
- Personal & professional development.
- Flexible working hours.
- Digital offers & mobile working.
- Attractive & fair remuneration.
- Apartment offers for students (subject to availability & only Munich).
- And many other benefits - see jobs/benefits
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Intern Neuromorphic Robotics and AI (f/m/x)
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I believe SynSenseDid anyone ever find out who BMW might be connecting with on neuromorphic or is it still open to whoever's tech they may be testing?
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Intern Neuromorphic Robotics and AI (f/m/x)
A GOOD INTERNSHIP IS NEVER HANDS OFF.
SHARE YOUR PASSION.
We believe in creating an environment where our interns really can learn by doing and where they are given their own areas of responsibility right from the start of their time with us. That’s why our experts will treat you as part of the team from day one, encourage you to bring your own ideas to the table – and give you the opportunity to really show what you can do.
At the RoboTac Lab, you support the integration of multi-modal interactive perception and learning technologies in robotics to enhance human-machine collaboration and mobility solutions.
What awaits you?
- You contribute to the development of the next generation of intelligent interactive vehicles and robotics.
- Here, you develop and test neuromorphic-based foundation models for multimodal inputs like vision, auditory, and tactile.
- Designing foundation model algorithms to improve robotic grasp and manipulation is part of your role.
- Additionally, you collaborate with experts in AI, robotics, and cognitive sciences.
What should you bring along?
- Studies in electrical, electronic, control engineering, computer science, or a comparable field.
- Knowledge of event-driven sensors and spiking neural networks.
- Familiarity with neuromorphic computing concepts and tools.
- Expertise in foundation models, transformers, robot learning, and computer vision.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C++, and frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
- Hands-on experience with robotics platforms like ROS2, Universal Robot, Panda Franka, robotic hands, and grippers.
- Exposure to hardware accelerators for AI applications such as GPUs, TPUs, or neuromorphic chips.
Do you enjoy contributing to an international team? Then apply now!
What do we offer?
- Comprehensive mentoring & onboarding.
- Personal & professional development.
- Flexible working hours.
- Digital offers & mobile working.
- Attractive & fair remuneration.
- Apartment offers for students (subject to availability & only Munich).
- And many other benefits - see jobs/benefits
Earliest starting date: from 08/25/2025
Duration: 6 months
Working hours: Full-time
Do you have questions? Then submit your inquiry easily via our contact form. Your request will be answered by phone or email.
We at the BMW Group place great value on equal treatment and equal opportunities. Our recruiting decisions are based on the personality, experience, and skills of the applicants. Learn more here.
Intern Neuromorphic Robotics and AI (f/m/x)
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BMW AG
Location:
Munich
Job Field:
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Job ID:
163314
Publication Date:
04.08.2025
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Fullmoonfever
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Thanks ILL
2022 and they're still exploring...hmmmm
Wonder if that indicates they are also exploring other neuromorphic options now too?
Its a great sign when a business like ARM say:
" BrainChip is the worldwide leader in edge AI on-chip processing and learning. "
My bold above.
When ARM say you are the worldwide leader then you absolutely are.
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From ARM's partner ecosystem catalog found by FF
View attachment 89857BrainChip
Ubiquitous, distributed AI.<br/>Close to the sensor.<br/>Inspired by the human brain. <br/>www.arm.com
But where did he get this picture from? The link does not lead to it.
Hi Fmf,
Well at that time, Synsense were targeting low hanging fruit.
They scored a coup with the Speck DVS image sensor/NN. The 320 k neurons would align with Prophesee's light weight DVS sensor. (Synsense are now with Inivation or vice-versa).
https://www.synsense.ai/products/speck-2/
Speck™ is a fully event-driven neuromorphic vision SoC. Speck™ is able to support large-scale spiking convolutional neural network (sCNN) with a fully asynchronous chip architecture. Speck™ is fully configurable with the spiking neuron capacity of 320K. Furthermore, it integrates the state-of-art dynamic vision sensor (DVS) that enables fully event-driven based, real-time, highly integrated solution for varies dynamic visual scene. For classical applications, Speck™ can provide intelligence upon the scene at only mWs with a response latency in few ms.
They tout this as being useful in, among other things:
Self Driving
- Lane detection
- Sign recognition
- Driver attention tracking
- Obstacle detection
We know Akida 2 had to step up accuracy to 8-bit, but we don't know the driver for this change, but certainly the demand from automotive would be for increasing accuracy. However, Speck is lightweight even compared to Akida 1. It would not stand comparison with Akida 2 with TENNs.
https://www.bing.com/copilotsearch?q=bmw+neuromorphic+assisted+driving&FORM=CSSCOP
Current & Future Applications
BMW’s initial focus with SynSense is on non-safety-critical smart cockpit applications, such as:- Driver attention monitoring
- Passenger behavior analysis
- Keyword spotting and interaction detection
- Higher-resolution neuromorphic sensors and vision processors
- Advanced automotive functions, e.g., autonomous driving perception, emergency braking assistance
- Integration into broader sensory systems beyond the cockpit
So, as you say, there is a reasonable case that BMW would be looking at Akida 2 which, coincidentally, came out in 2022.
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You trying to upset people Pom?
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Less than two months ago, our then Regional Sales Manager in Taiwan, Edward Lien (who just announced that he had left our company) posted on LinkedIn that he were looking forward to attending 2025 Andes RISC-V CON Beijing:
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I assume he was originally also scheduled to be the speaker representing BrainChip at that conference, which will take place on 27 August:
ANDES RISC-V CON Beijing | EventX
AI 与车用科技快速演进，推动业界对高效运算与资安技术的高度需求。 RISC-V 凭借其开放、弹性与可扩充架构，正成为高性能运算领域的关键解决方案。spot.eventx.io
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If you had checked out the conference website over the past few days, you would have been greeted with this (screenshot taken on 6 August):
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#riscv | Andes Technology
❤️🔥 Join us at Andes RISC-V CON Beijing on 8/27 for: 👉 "RISC-V Ecosystem Panel Discussion: Accelerating AI Computing — Strengths and Challenges of RISC-V"! 🎯Moderated by Wei Wu, the Director of PLCT Lab, this panel brings together top minds from across the RISC-V and AI ecosystem: 🎯Simon...
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Fullmoonfever
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Maybe we need to be handing out pens with the potential contracts 
Couple excepts from a former researcher at Fraunhofer. Rest of article in the link.
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Companies like BrainChip, GrAI Matter Labs, and Rain Neuromorphics are developing neuromorphic accelerators specifically designed for edge deployment, with power envelopes measured in milliwatts rather than watts. The barrier to entry is dropping fast.
For anyone building autonomous systems, robotics, or embedded AI: neuromorphic computing isn't a future consideration, it's a current competitive advantage. We're finally building machines that perceive like living systems: efficiently, reactively, and in real time.
Couple excepts from a former researcher at Fraunhofer. Rest of article in the link.
Why Neuromorphic Sensor Fusion is About to Change Everything
The Power Wall That's Reshaping Perception In the basement, a robotic arm equipped with event cameras, LiDAR sensors, and neuromorphic processors operates in near-complete darkness, tracking and manipulating objects with millisecond precision while consuming less power than a smartphone's display. T
Why Neuromorphic Sensor Fusion is About to Change Everything
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Companies like BrainChip, GrAI Matter Labs, and Rain Neuromorphics are developing neuromorphic accelerators specifically designed for edge deployment, with power envelopes measured in milliwatts rather than watts. The barrier to entry is dropping fast.
Bottom Line
Working with automotive and research sensor fusion systems, I've watched theoretical advantages become deployment realities. The hardware exists, algorithms work, and applications demand it.For anyone building autonomous systems, robotics, or embedded AI: neuromorphic computing isn't a future consideration, it's a current competitive advantage. We're finally building machines that perceive like living systems: efficiently, reactively, and in real time.
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It's probably already been mentioned, but c'mon let's do better!
#riscv | Andes Technology
❤️🔥 Join us at Andes RISC-V CON Beijing on 8/27 for: 👉 "RISC-V Ecosystem Panel Discussion: Accelerating AI Computing — Strengths and Challenges of RISC-V"! 🎯Moderated by Wei Wu, the Director of PLCT Lab, this panel brings together top minds from across the RISC-V and AI ecosystem: 🎯Simon...
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It appears to be still there as "Akita"..
I'd say it was us that filled in his bio and I understand that it was probably "typed in" as Akida and auto-corrected to Akita...
But should have been picked up and changed, at least by now??..
Cybersecurity is big business - Palo Alto Networks
https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/tec...S&cvid=12dffb149f584d1aa12028511d5d5960&ei=16
Security or nothing
Customers spending $150M !
Need to resolve an attack in 25 minutes.
https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/
PAN has $121B market cap*
Cybersecurity needs prevention before cure - real time attack detection - who does that?
* Remember, cybersecurity is only a minor example of Akida's tricks.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/tec...S&cvid=12dffb149f584d1aa12028511d5d5960&ei=16
Security or nothing
Customers spending $150M !
Need to resolve an attack in 25 minutes.
https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/
PAN has $121B market cap*
Cybersecurity needs prevention before cure - real time attack detection - who does that?
* Remember, cybersecurity is only a minor example of Akida's tricks.
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Renesas RA8P1: A Breakthrough in Edge AI and IoT Performance | Renesas Electronics posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Meet the Renesas RA8P1 MCU, our latest breakthrough in Edge AI and IoT. Establishing a new performance level for MCUs, the RA8P1 combines a 1 GHz Arm® Cortex® M85 and 250 MHz Cortex M33 with the Arm Ethos U55 Neural Processing Unit (NPU)—delivering over 7300 CoreMarks and 256 GOPS at 500 MHz...
Or sure if posted, but are we there yet……. M85 ?
Renesas RA8P1: A Breakthrough in Edge AI and IoT Performance | Renesas Electronics posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Meet the Renesas RA8P1 MCU, our latest breakthrough in Edge AI and IoT. Establishing a new performance level for MCUs, the RA8P1 combines a 1 GHz Arm® Cortex® M85 and 250 MHz Cortex M33 with the Arm Ethos U55 Neural Processing Unit (NPU)—delivering over 7300 CoreMarks and 256 GOPS at 500 MHz...
Or sure if posted, but are we there yet……. M85 ?
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Hi SS,
The Datasheet lists ARM ETHOS as the AI:
https://www.renesas.com/en/document/dst/25574255?r=25574019
Arm® EthosTM-U55 NPU
● Number of 8x8 MACs: 256 units
● Network: 8-bit and 16-bit integer quantized Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN)
● Compression: 8-bits weights
● Maximum operating frequency: 500 MHz
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