Signal BMW moves finished cars from the assembly line to the finishing area without drivers

Summary

Deloitte presents BMW as one of the manufacturers already using physical AI inside its plants around the world. In one unusual deployment, the carmaker applies self-driving technology to its own production process. Newly assembled cars move on their own from the end of the assembly line, through testing, to the factory's finishing area without anyone at the wheel. The system relies on sensors, digital maps and motion-planning software to guide each vehicle along the route. Elsewhere the report describes these routes as kilometre-long, underlining that the vehicle itself becomes a robot within the factory. The example sits alongside Amazon's robot fleet as evidence that intelligence is now embodied and solving practical problems in the physical world.