DAY 1: Imagry's bio-inspired, HD mapless technology perceives the environment in real time
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Imagry is demonstrating its autonomous driving solutions for L3 passenger vehicles (supplied as AI-based perception and motion planning software modules to OEMs and Tier 1s).

The company is screening various demo drive videos that illustrate how its AI-based, lidar-free, HD mapless technology perceives the environment in real time and provides motion instructions to the vehicle. It is also offering in-person demo drives in its autonomous vehicles the day after the expo (Friday, August 30).

Explaining why the company calls its technology ‘bio-inspired’, the company's Ruth Bridger said, “It’s because we are mimicking the abilities of a skilled human driver. We use the car's cameras (like human drivers use their eyes) to perceive all objects surrounding the vehicle, in real time. An array of deep neural networks, each dedicated to a different type of object (stationary/moving vehicle, pedestrian, road marking, traffic sign, etc) interprets what the system sees and based on annotation from previous supervised learning sessions from our test vehicles plans the vehicle's motion accordingly (much like the cortex function in the human brain).”

Imagry’s technology is specifically lidar-free, which has many benefits. “Lidar is very expensive and it does not work well in adverse weather conditions," said Bridger. "Imagry is currently concentrating on driving in urban areas, which are typically well lit (even at night), so lidar that excels in low light is not necessary. Plus, we get information for perception only up to the horizon level, so bright sunlight is not a problem (except for a very few moments at sunrise/sundown). We can simply adjust the region of interest to manage the camera exposure, which greatly alleviates the issue.”

The company has a commercial agreement with Continental and has ongoing connections with two leading OEMs. The same technology is currently being used in two pilots for the company's L4 autonomous bus solutions – in an operational zone in a large medical center and on public roads in a city.

Imagry is optimistic about its participation in the expo. “We heard that this event would be an excellent opportunity to meet engineers tasked with adding autonomous driving capabilities to their passenger vehicles. While our ultimate goal is to convince decision makers at automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers that we have the most cost-effective, scalable and field-proven approach to autonomous driving, we believe that the engineers – once they have learned about our methods – will be the best champions to get us to the next stage.

“Because Imagry’s software is hardware agnostic, OEMs and Tier 1s have complete flexibility to integrate it in varying models and trims.”

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