Raising the bar on autonomous vehicle safety
Summary
Today’s most advanced autonomous vehicle systems rate only Level 3, which means they are capable of making some decisions such as acceleration or braking without human intervention. While road testing is and will continue to be a vital and necessary component of the development process, it is time-consuming, costly, and difficult to repeat specifically in the area of controlling environmental conditions. OEMs need the ability to emulate real-world scenarios that enable validation of actual sensors, electronic control unit code, artificial intelligence, and more. Testing radar sensors against a limited number of objects delivers an incomplete view of driving scenarios and masks the complexity of the real world. Keysight believes this technology goes a long way toward bridging two important gaps on the road to Level 5 vehicle autonomy, bringing safer and more efficient transportation with fewer fatal accidents and less time wasted in traffic.