Ansys, a leading engineering simulation company, has partnered with NVIDIA, a global technology company, to enhance the development of autonomous vehicles (AV) through the integration of Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors within NVIDIA DRIVE Sim.
The collaboration aims to address one of the biggest challenges faced by engineers in the AV industry – ensuring safety and reliability. In order to ensure the effectiveness of AV perception systems, sensor suites and software must undergo extensive testing and validation in real-world driving scenarios, including critical edge cases. However, physical on-road testing alone is not feasible due to the scale of the challenge, which would require billions of miles of testing.
To overcome this challenge, realistic and scalable simulations are essential. By integrating Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors with NVIDIA DRIVE Sim, engineers and developers will have access to high-fidelity sensor simulation outputs for training and validating perception ADAS/AV systems. This integration will enable users to save time and costs while developing, testing, and validating AV perception systems.
Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors will enhance the capabilities of NVIDIA DRIVE Sim by providing predictively accurate physics solvers for camera, lidar, and radar sensors. With the power of NVIDIA’s high-performance GPU capabilities and AI, developers can rapidly prototype and refine algorithms for AVs.
The partnership between Ansys and NVIDIA also emphasizes an open ecosystem approach. NVIDIA Omniverse, a platform for developing Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) applications, allows users to build scalable simulations and act as a data factory for AI model training. With the integration of Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors, developers can seamlessly incorporate physics solvers into NVIDIA’s 3D virtual world.
Walt Hearn, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Customer Excellence at Ansys, highlights the importance of validating AV perception systems through real-world data for smart and safe decision-making. The collaboration between Ansys and NVIDIA paves the way for accelerated AV technology development.
Ansys has been a leading provider of engineering simulation software for over 50 years, enabling innovators across industries to push boundaries and advance human progress through the power of simulation.
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