ZF Friedrichshafen Timeline

Events

• 2026-01-26 - Deployment - Boston Dynamics Spot inspects ZF’s Bouzonville plant with Intuitive Robots - Plant manager Lionel Champlon credited the robot with detecting 39 compressed-air leaks in its first month. The configured robot reads gauges, checks filter status and performs thermal and acoustic inspections. Intuitive Robots handled site assessment, team… - source: intuitive-robots.com
• 2025-11-05 - Partnership - ZF introduces coPILOT urban-driving system powered by Horizon Journey 6P - The system uses ZF ProAI hardware with Journey 6P and supports highway, urban, parking and space-to-space driving functions. The system secured a nomination from a Chinese vehicle brand, with series production planned for 2026. - source: horizon.auto
• 2023-10-09 - Partnership - ZF licenses autonomous-shuttle technology to Oceaneering - Oceaneering received rights to produce and distribute the GRT shuttle. ZF agreed to provide software, engineering and integration services. The agreement covered the third-generation autonomous shuttle platform. - source: press.zf.com
• 2023-01-04 - Partnership - ZF and Beep announce autonomous-shuttle evaluation agreement - The agreement set out a path to evaluate ZF autonomous shuttles in Beep services. The companies described potential scale of several thousand vehicles. The announcement was exploratory and did not constitute a committed vehicle order. - source: press.zf.com
• 2020-09-08 - Partnership - Aeva and ZF partner on automotive FMCW lidar production - ZF contributes automotive sensor industrialization. Aeva contributes FMCW lidar technology. The 2020 production plan is retained as a historical partnership milestone. - source: aeva.com