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Short-form videos that dive into specific self-driving algorithms.
In this DRIVE Labs episode, we show how DRIVE IX perceives driver attention, activity, emotion, behavior, posture, speech, gesture and mood. Driver perception is a key aspect of the platform that enables the AV system to ensure a driver is alert and paying attention to the road. It also enables the AI system to perform cockpit functions that are more intuitive and intelligent.
In this DRIVE Labs episode, we show how software-defined AI techniques can be used to significantly improve performance and functionality of our light source perception deep neural network (DNN) — increasing range, adding classification capabilities and more — in a matter of weeks.
Self-driving cars rely on AI to anticipate traffic patterns and safely maneuver in a complex environment. In this DRIVE Labs episode, we demonstrate how our PredictionNet deep neural network can predict future paths of other road users using live perception and map data.
Handling intersections autonomously presents a complex set of challenges for self-driving cars. Earlier in the DRIVE Labs series, we demonstrated how we detect intersections, traffic lights and traffic signs with the WaitNet DNN. And how we classify traffic light state and traffic sign type with the LightNet and SignNet DNNs. In this episode, we go further to show how NVIDIA uses AI to perceive the variety of intersection structures that an autonomous vehicle could encounter on a daily drive.
Active learning makes it possible for AI to automatically choose the right training data. An ensemble of dedicated DNNs goes through a pool of image frames, flagging frames that it finds to be confusing. These frames are then labeled and added to the training dataset. This process can improve DNN perception in difficult conditions, such as nighttime pedestrian detection.
Traditional methods for processing lidar data pose significant challenges, such as the ability to detect and classify different types of objects, scenes and weather conditions, as well as limitations in performance and robustness. Our multi-view LidarNet deep neural network uses multiple perspectives, or views, of the scene around the car to address these lidar processing challenges.
Localization is a critical capability for autonomous vehicles, computing their three dimensional (3D) location inside of a map, including 3D position, 3D orientation, and any uncertainties in these position and orientation values. In this DRIVE Labs, we show how our localization algorithms make it possible to achieve high accuracy and robustness using mass market sensors and HD maps.
Watch how we evolved our LaneNet DNN into our high-precision MapNet DNN. This evolution includes an increase in detection classes to also cover road markings and vertical landmarks (e.g. poles) in addition to lane line detection. It also leverages end-to-end detection that provides faster in-car inference.
The ability to detect and react to objects all around the vehicle makes it possible to deliver a comfortable and safe driving experience. In this DRIVE Labs video, we explain why it is essential to have a sensor fusion pipeline which can combine camera and radar inputs for robust surround perception.
Brief updates from our AV fleet, highlighting new breakthroughs.
In this episode of NVIDIA DRIVE Dispatch, we show advances in synthetic data for improved DNN training, radar-only perception to predict future motion, MapStream creation for crowdsourced HD maps and more.
See the latest advances in DepthNet, road marking detection, multi-radar egomotion estimation, cross-camera feature tracking, and more.
Explore progress in parking spot detection, 3D location in landmark detection, our first autonomous drive using an automatically generated MyRoute map and road plane, and suspension estimation.
Check out advances in scooter classification and avoidance, traffic light detection, 2D cuboid stability, 3D freespace from camera annotations, lidar perception pipeline, and headlight/tail light/street light perception.
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