Aeva, a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, announced its Aeries™ 4D LiDAR™ sensors are now supported on the NVIDIA DRIVE Sim platform. Aeva’s Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) 4D LiDAR sensors detect 3D position, in addition to instant velocity for each point at distances up to 500 meters, bringing an added dimension to sensing and perception for safe autonomous driving.
NVIDIA DRIVE Sim is an end-to-end platform architected to run large-scale, physically based, multi-sensor, autonomous vehicle simulation to improve developer productivity and accelerate time to market. DRIVE Sim includes a unique and powerful ray-tracing application programming interface that allows developers to accurately model complex sensor technologies by giving them full control of ray firings and hit point returns. This enables modeling advanced physical phenomena to support new perception sensing technologies such as FMCW LiDAR, for any set of requirements, in a well-organized structure.
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“With Aeva’s 4D LiDAR integrated, OEMs using the NVIDIA DRIVE Sim platform can accelerate the realization of safe autonomous driving for the next generation of autonomous vehicles,” said James Reuther, Vice President of Technology at Aeva. “Our unique ability to directly detect the instant velocity of each point, in addition to precise 3D position at long range, surpasses the sensing and perception capabilities of legacy sensors. This requires a platform capable of handling our unique LiDAR features, and DRIVE Sim enables just that.”
“DRIVE Sim was designed to accurately model advanced sensors such as 4D LiDARs,” said Zvi Greenstein, general manager of automotive at NVIDIA. “The physics-based and time-accurate simulation allows Aeva and its customers to train perception networks, accelerate development and validate software before deploying to production fleets.”
Developers using DRIVE Sim now have access to Aeva’s 4D LiDAR models to increase their simulation capabilities and streamline testing and development. Aeva sensors enable the next wave of driver assistance and autonomous vehicle capabilities using FMCW technology to deliver sensing and perception capabilities that are not possible with legacy time-of-flight 3D LiDAR sensors