Bosch has been a leading developer or quantum sensors for some time and since 2023 it has had a development collaboration with Element Six, a provider of synthetic diamonds.
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Bosch is now significantly extending this alliance and establishing a joint venture, to be known as Bosch Quantum Sensing.
The joint venture will be based on the in-house start-up of the same name, which Bosch set up in 2022.
Domiciled in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Bosch Quantum Sensing currently employs 30 associates.
Bosch itself will be the lead partner and be responsible for operations.
Element Six will hold a 25 percent stake. It has been agreed that further financial details will not be disclosed.
The establishment of the new company is still subject to official approval.
Bosch Quantum Sensing sees many areas in which novel quantum sensors can be used, from exploration of natural resources to aircraft navigation and medical technology.
By the middle of the next decade, Bosch estimates that the global market potential of medical and mobility applications will be in the mid-single-digit billion euros range per year.
Synthetic diamonds are a key component of Bosch quantum sensors.
Even now, the latest Bosch quantum sensor prototype is the most compact of its kind for the level of sensitivity required – it is the same size as a modern smartphone.
In the area of mobility, it could enable a robust navigation in the future, complementary to conventional GPS systems.
It could also offer decisive advantages for the exploration of natural resources and, in medical technology, for the measurement of cardiac activity.
The advantage of compact sensors is their portability, less expensive production, and better scalability.
The long-term goal of Bosch Quantum Sensing is to make quantum sensors so small that they can be integrated onto a chip. ■
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