LeddarTech and TTTech Auto Announce a Leap Forward in Autonomous Driving Safety
December 05 2023 - 11:07PM
LeddarTech®, an automotive software company that provides patented
disruptive AI-based low-level sensor fusion and perception software
technology for ADAS and AD and TTTech Auto, a technology
leader in automotive safety software, are pleased to announce the
completion of a joint demonstrator for a fail-operational
architecture based on LeddarTech’s LeddarVision™ software and
TTTech Auto’s Safety Co-Pilot solution.
TTTech Auto’s innovative Safety Co-Pilot
solution tackles the challenges of a safety architecture suitable
for autonomous driving on SAE Level 3 and beyond. It is based on a
doer channel, which is responsible for the main driving task, and
an independent checker channel. In the event of an abnormal
situation identified by the checker, the doer channel is seamlessly
overridden, and a fallback channel brings the vehicle to a safe
stop.
In this collaboration, TTTech Auto leverages its
proficiency in safety mechanisms and automotive platforms,
complemented by LeddarTech’s advanced fusion and perception
capabilities. TTTech Auto contributes operational platforms and
frameworks, facilitating the development of decomposed
architectures for safety applications. LeddarTech enhances the
partnership with its high-performance fusion and perception stack,
grounded in low-level fusion. It provides valuable datasets for
agile architecture exploration and demonstration of decomposed
perception paths. Both companies exemplify an agile approach,
employing risk assessment and safety-critical event feasibility
assessments to showcase a potential solution. This collaborative
effort aims to support car OEMs constructing their SAE Level 2-3
safety solutions.
To demonstrate the viability of this approach
and its potential for vehicle safety and cost-efficiency, TTTech
Auto and LeddarTech have partnered up to combine LeddarTech’s
LeddarVision with TTTech Auto’s Safety Co-Pilot, creating a
demonstrator focused on the checker channel. Key features
include:
-
LeddarTech’s LeddarVision: A powerful AI-based
low-level fusion and perception software stack that leverages raw
sensor data from cameras and radars to build an environmental
model. Depending on the sensor set and the diversity concept,
LeddarVision can be deployed either in the doer or the checker
channel.
- TTTech
Auto’s Safety Co-Pilot: A versatile solution for the
checker channel equipped with a set of validation modules, each
encompassing checks related to critical safety requirements. The
demonstrator showcases validation modules addressing probabilistic
risks associated with physically unfeasible trajectories and
potentially dangerous collisions. A crucial element in ensuring
safety is that these checks are performed based on a separate
environment model –in this case, LeddarVision, ensuring full
independence from the doer channel.
The testing of this demonstrator was conducted
on data collected from highways in Germany and Israel. The results
demonstrate that LeddarTech’s high-quality environmental model and
TTTech Auto’s probabilistic checking implement an efficient and
reliable checker channel. This advancement provides a robust safety
argument for AD systems operating at SAE Level 3 and beyond.
“We are paving the way to autonomous driving
safety with true fail-operational architectures,” stated Stefan
Poledna, CTO at TTTech Auto. “TTTech Auto’s groundbreaking
architecture, in conjunction with LeddarTech’s LeddarVision,
confirms our commitment to SAE Level 3 and 4 autonomous
driving.”
Frantz Saintellemy, President, COO and incoming
CEO of LeddarTech, added: “Through our partnership with TTTech Auto
in the integration of our LeddarVision AI-based software and TTTech
Auto’s Safety Co-Pilot, our collective aim has been to showcase a
high-level fail-operational architecture suitable for safe driving
automation. This collaboration demonstrates our belief that by
aligning ourselves with other industry leaders in win-win
partnerships, we accelerate technology deployment and
adoption.”
About TTTech Auto
TTTech Auto provides solutions for future
vehicle generations and the shift towards software-defined
vehicles. The company specializes in delivering safe software and
hardware solutions along with a range of services to support the
advancement of automated driving and beyond, applicable in series
production programs. With its leading technology solutions, TTTech
Auto reduces the required time for system designing, integration
and testing of a series production-ready software platform. This
ensures safety and electronic robustness for a more automated
world.
TTTech Auto was founded in 2018 by TTTech Group
and technology leaders Audi, Infineon and Samsung to build a
global, safe vehicle software platform for automated and autonomous
driving. In 2022, the company raised USD 285 million
(EUR 250 million) from Aptiv and Audi in its latest funding
round. At TTTech Auto’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria and in more
than 10 locations across Europe and Asia, 1 100 employees work
with leading car manufacturers on their software-defined vehicle,
ADAS and autonomous driving programs. The company has acquired and
invested in technology companies in France, Spain, Turkey, China
and central and Eastern Europe. www.tttech-auto.com/
About LeddarTech
A global software company founded in 2007 and
headquartered in Quebec City with additional R&D centers in
Montreal, Toronto and Tel Aviv, Israel, LeddarTech develops and
provides comprehensive AI-based low-level sensor fusion and
perception software solutions that enable the deployment of ADAS
and autonomous driving (AD) applications. LeddarTech’s
automotive-grade software applies advanced AI and computer vision
algorithms to generate accurate 3D models of the environment to
achieve better decision making and safer navigation. This
high-performance, scalable, cost-effective technology is available
to OEMs and Tier 1-2 suppliers to efficiently implement automotive
and off-road vehicle ADAS solutions.
LeddarTech is responsible for several
remote-sensing innovations, with over 150 patent applications
(80 granted) that enhance ADAS and AD capabilities. Better
awareness around the vehicle is critical in making global mobility
safer, more efficient, sustainable and affordable: this is what
drives LeddarTech to seek to become the most widely adopted sensor
fusion and perception software solution.
Additional information about LeddarTech is
accessible at www.LeddarTech.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter (X),
Facebook and YouTube.
Contact:Daniel Aitken,
Vice-President, Global Marketing, Communications and Investor
Relations, LeddarTech Inc. Tel.: + 1-418-653-9000 ext. 232
daniel.aitken@LeddarTech.com
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