In order to sell Level 4 autonomous cars by the year 2021, Volvo, together with Autoliv and newly-founded Zenuity are teaming up with AI and visual computing giant Nvidia.
The thinking behind this collaboration is for the Swedish automaker and its partners to use Nvidia’s AI car computing platform as the foundation for their own advanced software.
“This cooperation with Nvidia places Volvo Cars, Autoliv and Zenuity at the forefront of the fast moving market to develop next generation autonomous driving capabilities and will speed up the development of Volvo’s own commercially available autonomous drive cars,” stated Volvo boss Hakan Samuelsson.
Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, added that AI (Artificial Intelligence) is “the essential tool for solving the incredibly demanding challenge of autonomous driving. We are building on our earlier collaboration with Volvo Cars to create production ready vehicles that will make driving safer, lead to greener cities and reduce congestion on our roads.”
The four companies will work together to develop systems that can utilize “deep learning”, which is a form of artificial intelligence, thus being able to recognize objects in their environment, as well as anticipate potential threats and safely navigate obstacles.
These systems will also be able to compare real-time situational awareness with a high-definition map, which will allow them to plan a safe route and drive precisely along it, regardless of variables.
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