Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute To Use NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2 for Autonomous Vehicles

[HardOCP News]

NVIDIA and Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) will begin a joint deep learning development effort to advance autonomous driving and service robots. ITRI announced at our GTC Taiwan conference this week that it will bring its self-driving technology to Taiwanese transportation companies in 2018 for autonomous shuttle services able to move passengers around airport terminals, amusement parks, cities and train stations.

"ITRI and NVIDIA will integrate the strengths from both parties in hardware and software," said Hu Jwu-Sheng, general director of mechanical and mechatronics systems research laboratories at ITRI. Our effort with ITRI, Taiwan’s largest multi-disciplinary technology research institute, builds on our work to provide everything from deep learning infrastructure to developer tools to sophisticated SoCs for the global auto industry. That includes Taiwan: in May, Taiwanese carmaker Luxgen Motor Co., adopted NVIDIA’s Tegra mobile processor for its S3 sedan’s infotainment system. Helping to build autonomous vehicles and robots for the Taiwanese market is a logical next step. ITRI’s latest prototype vehicle is powered by NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2, the world’s first AI car computer platform.

 

[Logan321]

Hey, Steve! You always comment about how we're all going to die when you see videos of little climbing or jumping robots, but autonomous vehicles aren't a worry?