PITTSBURGH, Sept. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) is collaborating with Edge
Case Research to engineer the next generation of autonomous
vehicles (AV) with unmatched state-of-the-art hazard detection
capabilities. Through a new OEM agreement, Edge Case Research
integrates its powerful AV artificial intelligence (AI) perception
stress testing and risk analysis system, Hologram, within
ANSYS' comprehensive AV simulation solution — delivering a solution
to maximize the safety of AVs.
Today's AVs rely on AI perception algorithms that are trained to
make safety-critical driving decisions. Though highly advanced, an
AV may fail to detect hazardous driving scenarios known as
"edge cases" — because its algorithmic training has not prepared it
for the many unusual road situations it will encounter in the real
world. To ensure the highest safety of an AV — and make fully
autonomous vehicles a reality, developers need tools to
automatically identify these challenging edge cases in a way that
is far more scalable than manual data labeling.
Through this collaboration, Edge Case Research, a global leader
in autonomy safety assessment software, will integrate Hologram
with ANSYS' highly sophisticated AV open simulation solution. This
unrivalled end-to-end capability analyzes AV algorithms to detect
edge cases to advance the development of and help to validate
perception algorithms in the most advanced AV systems. Hologram can
be scaled to other industries such as aerospace and defense,
mining, agriculture, industrial robotics, and any other domain that
relies on AI-based vision and perception software.
"We're excited to join the ANSYS AV ecosystem. We chose to
partner with ANSYS because of their deep expertise in safety, which
is critical to understanding how products like Hologram,
VRXPERIENCE and SCADE can be used together in support of safety
cases for autonomous products," said Mike
Wagner, CEO at Edge Case Research. "ANSYS and Edge Case
Research will deliver an unprecedented comprehensive capability for
safeguarding the next generation of autonomous driving
systems."
"Edge Case delivers a powerful data testing and analytics
platform that unlocks the value of petabytes of AV's recorded road
data to find edge cases, significantly accelerating the development
of safer, AI-driven perception software. Underlying capabilities
have been incorporated into our recently announced collaboration
with BMW," said Eric Bantegnie, vice president and general manager
at ANSYS. "Together we will usher in a new era of AI and shape the
future of safe autonomous driving."
About ANSYS, Inc.
If you've ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane,
driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a
bridge or put on wearable technology, chances are you've used a
product where ANSYS software played a critical role in its
creation. ANSYS is the global leader in engineering
simulation. Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering
Simulation, we help the world's most innovative companies deliver
radically better products to their customers. By offering the best
and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help
them solve the most complex design challenges and create products
limited only by imagination. Founded in 1970, ANSYS is
headquartered south of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Visit www.ansys.com for more
information.
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