Continental acquires KINEXON in-vehicle operating system unit for intelligent control of autonomous navigation robots (AMR)

On October 20, Continental acquired KINEXON’s in-vehicle operating system professional unit for intelligent control of autonomous navigation robots (AMR), thereby strengthening its layout in the strategic growth area of ​​mobile robots. At the core of the acquisition is the "Brain" vehicle operating system and related intellectual property, which is used for precise and networked control of autonomous navigation robots. In addition, KINEXON's high-quality development team will also be integrated into Continental. With this acquisition, Continental is continuously deepening its value creation and expanding its software and hardware expertise in the field of robotics, thus strengthening its customer solutions for mobile robots. This will allow the company to further accelerate the introduction of new features and expand its product portfolio in the field of intralogistics robots. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price or further details of the transaction.

Pierre Pomper, Head of Autonomous Navigation Robotics at Continental, said: “With this acquisition, we are continuously expanding our global development team and strengthening our system expertise in mobile robots. For many years, we have provided our customers with powerful and reliable Autonomous navigation robot solutions and one-stop service, this move demonstrates the business path that Continental’s autonomous navigation robot division is committed to developing into a wider range of end markets.”

After the acquisition of KINEXON's self-driving robot vehicle operating system "Brain", the two parties will continue to maintain their previous successful cooperation. In the field of robotics, KINEXON will focus on the rapidly growing field of centralized control of autonomous driving robots in the future and further expand its fleet management software. Continental can provide customers with this intelligent fleet management software for controlling autonomous navigation robots. Dr. Alexander Hüttenbrink, co-founder and co-CEO of KINEXON, said: "To meet the growing needs of our customers and future development trends, we want to focus 100% on fleet management solutions. Sale of the 'Brain' division of the autonomous navigation robot in-vehicle operating system Helps us achieve this goal. We are very proud of the leading solutions developed by 'Brain' and his team. With this transaction, we believe that 'Brain' and his team can have broader development prospects at Continental. "