Using simulation to drive Toyota’s automated driving system development process
Develop algorithms capable of safely navigating through traffic-heavy highways.
Ensure compliance with ISO 26262 etc., and that system/component failures are properly addressed.
Verify a perception module in various synthetic 3D environments that are difficult to reproduce on expressways and other motor-vehicle-only roadways.
Test tens of thousands of scenarios concurrently to speed up the development cycle.
Applied Intuition’s software is used in Woven Planet Group’s extensive testing process and informs Woven Planet Group’s development decisions.
Applied Intuition’s simulation tools enable the end-to-end verification of complex systems, including the perception module. Continuous integration (CI) environments of such systems are also created.
Integration was customized to meet Woven Planet Group’s requirements (e.g., support for vehicle dynamics model integration).
An environment to test large-scale scenarios in the cloud in a parallel state was established.
Synthetic data enables the scalable generation and verification of situations by changing parameters such as weather, fog, time of day, and visibility.
Sensors such as Toyota’s proprietary cameras are modeled accurately; virtual 3D environments specific to Woven Planet Group’s operational design domains (ODDs) are generated procedurally to test Woven Planet Group’s perception stack without driving on roads.
Woven Planet Group has gained abilities to build software in a virtual environment and test their system end-to-end, leading to a shorter development cycle.
Woven Planet Group can now develop high-quality software without re-work as a result of focusing on the CI environment and creating an environment that tests software regressions constantly.
Comprehensive tests are completed more quickly because simulations have scaled Woven Planet’s autonomous vehicle verification process.
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