Test and Simulation

The university is leading the 1000-MAD project that sees a Maserati MC20 Cielo retrofitted with “robo-driver” technology that will travel the entire 1000 Miglia route in June with a human co-driver in preparation for the more ambitious goal of driving the entire 2024 race in autonomous mode.

The new collaboration will help Oxbotica simulate and test its autonomous vehicle operating system.

Recent deals with AVES Reality and B-Design3D, along with higher-performance Sensor Simulation (SensorSim) PC HPP, enable better sensor and algorithm validation in simulated real-world environments to extend the company’s Aurelion offering and get AVs on the road faster.

The virtual development platform is getting expanded use across nearly three dozen BMW Group factories worldwide, but the most significant automotive news from the developer conference is BYD’s planned use of Nvidia’s Drive Orin for a more standardized software platform in a broader range of vehicles.

Its ray-tracing capability transforms the realism of simulation, accelerating the development of autonomous vehicles and advanced driving assistance systems by accurately simulating the effects of blurring and rolling shutters.

At the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the team made up of autonomy-focused students and faculty from Politecnico di Milano in Italy and the University of Alabama, reached 180 mph—a new speed world record for the IAC on a racetrack, following its November victory at IAC competition in Texas.

Record SuperVision and future AV design wins in 2022 led to an expected $17 billion ADAS revenue pipeline through 2030 and its innovation roadmap includes key new technologies like imaging radar.

French engineering firm M3 Systems has developed a new tool for GNSS and multi-path simulation. The test bench is particularly well suited to testing assisted and autonomous driving applications.

The new advance helps Waymo determine weather conditions close to its autonomous vehicles to guide and improve performance.

As recent IIHS tests have proven, most automatic emergency braking systems can’t see at night, but Kobi Marenko, CEO of Arbe, writes for Inside Autonomous Vehicles that, for the automotive industry to move forward, consumers need to trust the technology powering autonomy.