Intel’s Israeli autonomous driving solution provider, Mobileye, recently began testing its autonomous vehicles in New York City. Company President and CEO Amnon Shashua announced at an event on Tuesday that “the company is currently testing two autonomous vehicles in New York City, and plans to increase this number to seven in the coming months.”
Mobileye was acquired by Intel in 2017 and is a world leader in developing vision-based Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS). Its main business is to provide various technologies related to automated driving to automakers.
Currently, Mobileye is the only company licensed to test autonomous vehicles in New York. However, the complex and crowded traffic environment in New York City also presents significant challenges for the company. Weather conditions, the clarity of road signs, and the different driving styles of other road users also affect the visual algorithmic autonomous driving system.
Shashua said, “Personally, driving in New York City is extremely challenging, let alone driving a robot.” But it is precisely because of the “hellish” driving environment in New York that Mobileye has chosen to conduct autonomous driving tests there. This is a challenge for Mobileye. If they can achieve autonomous driving in New York, their autonomous driving algorithm will take another step forward.
There are only two sets of systems for the self-driving cars in New York City. The first set of systems includes 12 cameras without radar. The second set of systems includes laser radar and regular radar but without cameras.
Currently, Mobileye is testing self-driving cars in multiple cities, and in the future, their self-driving cars will be seen in Paris, Tokyo, and Shanghai. More road data will be combined with the latest EyeQ processing chip and the REM (Road Experience Management) system from Mobileye to ultimately build a global 3D map.
It is worth noting that according to official news, the camera system will be provided to Ji Ke 001, providing automatic driving assistance systems to Ji Ke. It is highly anticipated to see how this self-driving system will perform in New York City.
🔗 Source: the verge
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