{"id":61028,"date":"2023-03-21T16:55:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brand-architecture.at\/2023\/03\/21\/daimler-truck-dochteronderneming-stemt-in-met-de-overname-van-algolux\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T16:55:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:55:32","slug":"daimler-truck-dochteronderneming-stemt-in-met-de-overname-van-algolux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transportjournal.com\/nl\/2023\/03\/21\/daimler-truck-dochteronderneming-stemt-in-met-de-overname-van-algolux\/","title":{"rendered":"Daimler Truck-dochteronderneming stemt in met de overname van Algolux"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>Torc Robotics, een zelfstandige dochteronderneming van Daimler Truck en pionier in de commercialisering van autonome voertuigtechnologie, heeft onlangs een overeenkomst getekend voor de overname van Algolux Inc. Torc zal het bedrijf overnemen vanwege zijn bekroonde intellectuele eigendomsrechten en expertise op het gebied van computer vision en machine learning.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>(Blacksburg, VA, VS \/ Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Duitsland) \u201eOp weg naar de marktintroductie van onze redundante Freightliner Cascadia met de virtuele chauffeurssoftware van Torc, heeft het onderwerp veiligheid de hoogste prioriteit. We zijn ervan overtuigd dat de Algolux-objectdetectietechnologie ons dichter bij ons doel kan brengen om binnen dit decennium autonome vrachtwagens volgens SAE Level 4 veilig en betrouwbaar op de markt te brengen in de VS\u201c, zegt Joanna Buttler, hoofd van de Autonomous Technology Group bij Daimler Truck AG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201eWe zijn erg blij om Algolux te verwelkomen in de Torc-familie\u201c, zegt Peter Vaughan Schmidt, CEO van Torc. \u201eDe Algolux-technologie in combinatie met deep learning, computer vision en computergegenereerde beeldvorming zal Torc helpen een van de belangrijkste technische capaciteiten voor de marktintroductie van autonome vrachtwagens verder uit te breiden.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201eTorc deelt onze toewijding om solide technologie\u00ebn te ontwikkelen om het potentieel van autonoom rijden te benutten en levens te redden. Dit is een van de vele redenen waarom de fusie van onze bedrijven logisch is\u201c, zegt Allan Benchetrit, president en CEO van Algolux. \u201eHet gevestigde Algolux-team met uitgebreide expertise op het gebied van kunstmatige intelligentie\/machine learning (AI\/ML) en objectdetectie vult het al ervaren Torc-engineeringteam aan.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Algolux is herhaaldelijk onderscheiden voor zijn uitstekende prestaties op het gebied van digitale objectdetectie en werd in 2021 opgenomen in de CB Insights AI 100-lijst van de meest innovatieve startups ter wereld op het gebied van kunstmatige intelligentie. Torc werkt al meer dan een jaar nauw samen met het bedrijf om verschillende concepten en methoden voor objectdetectie te ontwikkelen ter verbetering van de objectdetectie en afstandsmeting, terwijl ook synergie\u00ebn tussen de twee bedrijven worden ge\u00ebvalueerd. Een betrouwbare objectdetectietechnologie is de sleutel om het autonome Torc-systeem te ondersteunen bij het correct identificeren van objecten onder moeilijke visuele omstandigheden zoals duisternis, mist of ongunstige weersomstandigheden. De Algolux-software wordt momenteel gebruikt in Freightliner Cascadia-testvoertuigen in de VS en wordt ingezet bij Torc op het gebied van softwareontwikkeling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201eDeze overname verenigt de Algolux end-to-end AI-stack, van de fotonen tot gedragsmechanismen, met de baanbrekende autonome rijtechnologie van Torc. Wanneer je een nauw ge\u00efntegreerd OEM-vrachtwagenplatform toevoegt, ontstaat er een echt win-winscenario\u201c, zegt Felix Heide, CTO van Algolux. \u201eTerwijl velen het autonome transport als een puur toekomstig onderwerp beschouwen, zal deze veelbelovende samenwerking helpen om een commercieel levensvatbare en veilige langeafstandstoepassing op grote schaal op de markt te brengen.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Algolux heeft zijn hoofdkantoor in Montreal, Canada, met vestigingen in Palo Alto, Californi\u00eb, en M\u00fcnchen. De transactie is onderhevig aan de vervulling van bepaalde voorwaarden. Dit omvat met name alle vereiste overheidsgoedkeuringen.<\/p>\n<p>Foto: \u00a9 Daimler Truck AG \/ <strong><em>Bijschrift:<\/em><\/strong><em> Allan Benchetrit, president en CEO van Algolux, en Peter Vaughan Schmidt, CEO van Torc, op de dag van de ondertekening van de voorgenomen bedrijfsfusie.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torc Robotics, een zelfstandige dochteronderneming van Daimler Truck en pionier in de commercialisering van autonome voertuigtechnologie, heeft onlangs een overeenkomst getekend voor de overname van Algolux<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1557,1561],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-forwarding-logistics","category-regions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Daimler Truck-dochteronderneming stemt in met de overname van Algolux - ITJ | International Transport Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/transportjournal.com\/nl\/2023\/03\/21\/daimler-truck-dochteronderneming-stemt-in-met-de-overname-van-algolux\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Daimler Truck-dochteronderneming stemt in met de overname van Algolux - ITJ | International Transport Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Torc Robotics, een zelfstandige dochteronderneming van Daimler Truck en pionier in de commercialisering van autonome voertuigtechnologie, heeft onlangs een overeenkomst getekend voor de overname van Algolux [\u2026]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/transportjournal.com\/nl\/2023\/03\/21\/daimler-truck-dochteronderneming-stemt-in-met-de-overname-van-algolux\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ITJ | International Transport Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-21T15:55:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Geschatte leestijd\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minuut\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transportjournal.com\/nl\/2023\/03\/21\/daimler-truck-dochteronderneming-stemt-in-met-de-overname-van-algolux\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transportjournal.com\/nl\/2023\/03\/21\/daimler-truck-dochteronderneming-stemt-in-met-de-overname-van-algolux\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Daimler Truck-dochteronderneming stemt in met de overname van Algolux\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-21T15:55:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transportjournal.com\/nl\/2023\/03\/21\/daimler-truck-dochteronderneming-stemt-in-met-de-overname-van-algolux\/\"},\"wordCount\":506,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transportjournal.com\/nl\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/transportjournal.com\/nl\/2023\/03\/21\/daimler-truck-dochteronderneming-stemt-in-met-de-overname-van-algolux\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/transportjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Daimler_21.03.2023.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Forwarding &amp; 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