Israel’s Autonomous Vehicle Advanced Technologies for situational Awareness (AVATAR) on Monday announced that following three years of development and tests, it conducted a full-scale demonstration exhibiting its capabilities in building a detailed and accurate decision-making process in autonomous vehicles, fusing synergistic information from various sensors combined with innovative algorithms.
Sensory systems were installed on an experimental vehicle of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Innovation Lab in Israel, as well as perception abilities and real-time driving on a simulator in a variety of challenging scenarios. The autonomous driving systems were installed on a test vehicle that drove in various scenarios in real-time on a physical test surface at the Shlomo Group Arena in Tel Aviv.
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The consortium is financed by the Israel Innovation Authority and the Smart Transportation Department in the Transport Ministry, with seven leading tech companies: Cognata––a leading supplier of large-scale vehicle simulation; Elbit Systems; VayaVision (LeddarTech Israel)––developer of environmental sensing solutions for autonomous vehicles; Opsys––producer of a laser guidance system without moving parts; ThirdEye Systems––manufacturer of an artificial intelligence and computer vision; Ceva DSP Ltd.––provider of technology for AI processors; and Rafael.
The consortium also includes leading researchers from the Technion, Tel Aviv, Bar-Ilan, Ben Gurion, Haifa, and Ariel Universities, and the Weizmann Institute.
After the demonstration, the experimental vehicle with all the systems installed will be transferred to the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Innovation Lab in Tel Aviv, where some of the technologies will be tested.