Marcus Oh, Automotive Sr. Solution Architect

July 2019

DRIVE CONSTELLATION

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AV VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT

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Highly Complex SystemLarge Computers, DNNs, Sensors

Real-Life Scenario CoverageAccount for Rare & Unpredictable Cases

Continuous Reaction LoopVehicle & World are Dependent

AV SAFETY VALIDATIONThe Challenges

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COMPONENT LEVEL SILLow Fidelity | Scalable

ON ROAD TESTINGHigh Fidelity| Doesn’t Scale

THE AV VALIDATION GAP

No Coverage forExtreme & Dangerous Scenarios

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AV REQUIRES A COMPREHENSIVE VALIDATION APPROACHEnd-to-End System Level Test

Large Scale | Millions of Miles

Diverse Vehicle and World Conditions

Data Driven | Scenario based

Repeatable and Reproducible

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DRIVE CONSTELLATION HW

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Hardware in the-Loop System Level Simulator

Timing Accurate and Bit Accurate

Scalable Platform | Data Center Solution

Simulate Rare and Difficult Conditions

Efficient | Scenarios of Interest

Virtual AV SimulatorDRIVE CONSTELLATION

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DRIVE CONSTELLATION HW

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Virtual Proving Ground for AVs

CONSTELLATION TEST FLEETIN THE CLOUD

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DRIVE CONSTELLATION ARCHITECTURE

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NVIDIA DRIVE VALIDATION METHODOLOGYThree Pronged Approach

FID

ELIT

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Large Scale System LevelHIL

On Road Testing

Component LevelSIL

MILES

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DRIVE CONSTELLATION ARCHITECTURE

DRIVE Constellation Simulator

DRIVE Sim Core API

DRIVE Constellation Vehicle

EnvironmentModel

Linux OS

DRIVE Sim

TrafficModel

VehicleModel

SensorModel

ScenarioModel

DRIVE OS

DRIVE CORE | DRIVE NETWORKS

DRIVE AV

DRIVE IXPerception Mapping Planning

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CREATING ENVIRONMENTS

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ENVIRONMENT MODELFrom Maps — to Roads — to Full Environment

Area of Interest HD Map Data Road Geometry Environment

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