Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 45.22
…of 2023. NVIDIA simulations to aid AV developers The NVIDIA DRIVE and Omniverse collaboration expands on Hesai's participation in the NVIDIA partner ecosystem since 2019. The companies said they will continue to work together to help end users and OEMs more easily integrate graphics processing unit (GPU) and lidar technology into self-driving vehicles. NVIDIA said DriveWorks is the foundation for AV software development and a trusted platform for creating and deploying applications. “Developers building on DriveWorks will be able to effectively integrate Hesai's lidar sensors into their vehicles, leading to more efficient and reliable autonomous driving systems.” “Simulation is a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.21
…focusing on Jetson software. He previously worked with the autonomous driving team at NVIDIA, optimizing system software for the NVIDIA Drive platform. In his free time, Sheshadri likes to read books on quantum physics and game theory.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.18
…vehicles. Outrider said its integrated autonomy kit includes the NVIDIA DRIVE platform for perception system processing, Ouster’s high-resolution lidar sensors for perception, and Yaskawa’s industrial robot arm for connecting and disconnecting trailer lines. Outrider has designed an autonomy-ready electric yard truck with Orange EV. The company and its customers have purchased 24 of these vehicles for expanded customer pilots and tests with the latest autonomy kit. “This is the single largest purchase of Class 8 electric vehicles specifically designed for autonomous yard operations in the industry and demonstrates how Outrider will be a catalyst for bringing thousands of zero-emission vehicles…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 48.62
…systems. The autonomous domain controller (ADC) will incorporate the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin system on a chip (SoC), which is designed for AI-based self-driving applications. TuSimple said the collaboration will provide computing for its autonomous driving system (ADS) and help it add autonomous trucks to its Autonomous Freight Network (AFN). “A high-performance, production-ready ADC is a critical piece to scaling our AFN, and we are taking a hands-on role to advance its development with the help of NVIDIA,” said Cheng Lu, president and CEO of TuSimple. “We believe this move provides us a significant competitive advantage in speeding time to market…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 41.42
…computer, integration with the Robot Operating System, and the NVIDIA DRIVE platform for autonomous vehicle development. For instance, Jetson AGX Orin features high-speed interfaces, faster memory bandwidth, and multimodal sensor support. This enables it to feed multiple concurrent artificial intelligence application pipelines, said NVIDIA. “As robotics and embedded computing transform manufacturing, healthcare, retail, transportation, smart cities, and other essential sectors of the economy, the demand for processing continues to surge,” said Deepu Talla, vice president and general manager of embedded and edge computing at NVIDIA. “Jetson AGX Orin addresses this need, enabling the 850,000 Jetson developers and over 6,000 companies…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.81
…uptime, safety, and operational efficiency, said the company. As NVIDIA DRIVE Orin becomes available, Kodia plans to use the supercomputing platform. With more than 250 TOPS (trillion operations per second) of compute performance, DRIVE Orin follows safety standards such as ISO 26262 ASIL-D. The system will provide the data and computing power to reliably make and implement decisions safely and securely, said Kodiak. In the interim, Kodiak will use the current-generation NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Pegasus to process the data from the cameras, allowing the autonomous system to perceive the surrounding environment. Kodiak Robotics sets self-driving goals To deploy commercially, a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.36
…said its technologies, which include software available on the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX platform, can accelerate the deployment of autonomous vehicles and improve their uptime, safety, and cybersecurity. Ottopia said its universal teleoperation platform enables a human operator to monitor and control any type of vehicle from up to thousands of miles away. The startup has partnered with several technology companies and is targeting the automotive, last mile, freight, and logistics sectors. RVA refers to a human operator providing remote assistance to autonomous vehicles when they're navigating unusual scenarios or edge cases, said Ottopia. The operator has the ability to direct…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 54.43
…that its teleoperation software is now available on the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX platform. NVIDIA DRIVE is an open, software-defined, end-to-end platform that the transportation industry is using to develop autonomous vehicles at scale. Mission-critical systems such power plants and aircraft require human supervision. Similarly, a human must be in the loop, or present, for most safe autonomous vehicle operations, said Tel Aviv, Israel-based Ottopia. “With Ottopia as an NVIDIA DRIVE ecosystem partner, developers can now access a universal teleoperation option for safe remote monitoring with tight integration to the DRIVE platform,” said Rammy Bahalul, director of autonomous machines and vehicles…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.17
…applications. NVIDIA supports self-driving vehicle development Huang said that NVIDIA DRIVE Orin, a computing system on a chip (SoC) expected to go into production next year, will be the central brain of autonomous vehicles. Volvo Cars said it will use NVIDIA DRIVE Orin in its next-generation XC90 vehicles. NVIDIA claimed that DRIVE Atlan will be a “data center on wheels” and be able to perform more than 1,000 trillion operations per second (TOPS). “Atlan will be a technical marvel – fusing all of NVIDIA’s technologies in AI, auto, robotics, safety, and BlueField secure data centers,” Huang said. Huang also announced…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.40
…the company said. Huang also provided a demonstration of NVIDIA DRIVE Sim autonomous vehicle simulation tool operating within Omniverse. According to the company: “The video shows a digital twin of a Mercedes-Benz EQS driving a 17-mile route around a recreated version of the NVIDIA campus in Santa Clara, Calif. It includes Highways 101 and 87 and Interstate 280, with traffic lights, on-ramps, off-ramps and merges as well as changes to the time of day, weather and traffic. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. “To achieve the real-world replica of the testing loop, the real environment was scanned at 5-cm accuracy and recreated…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 39.78
…new software-defined vehicle architecture will be built on the NVIDIA Drive platform, according to today's announcement. “In the past, a car is at its best condition at the point of sale,” noted Huang. “In the future, it will be a perpetually upgradable machine.” With perfected semi- and fully autonomous vehicles, the driver's role is minimized, allowing more opportunities for in-car infotainment. This opens new doors to app stores run by automakers. In an article by electrek, Tesla CEO Elon Musk hinted at the idea of Tesla opening an app store. Previous Partnership between NVIDIA and Mercedes-Benz Two years ago, NVIDIA…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.05
…in March, NVIDIA announced its autonomous car simulation platform NVIDIA DRIVE Constellation is now available. It is a data center solution comprised of two side-by-side servers. The DRIVE Constellation Simulator server uses NVIDIA GPUs running DRIVE Sim software to generate the sensor output from the virtual car driving in a virtual world. The DRIVE Constellation Vehicle server contains the DRIVE AGX Pegasus AI car computer, which processes the simulated sensor data. The driving decisions from DRIVE Constellation Vehicle are fed back into DRIVE Constellation Simulator, enabling hardware-in-the-loop testing. Waymo is using the Jaguar I-Pace SUV in its self-driving car test…