Five AI, the Bosch Mobility subsidiary, is developing new simulation technology intended to make autonomous vehicle development safer, faster and cheaper for OEMs and suppliers. The project, supported by UK government funding under the CAM Pathfinder programme, combines Gaussian scene reconstruction with generative AI to produce photorealistic digital environments for testing. Five AI has supplied simulation software to the automotive industry since 2015.
Gaussian scene reconstruction converts real-world camera footage into 3D environments that can be rendered efficiently within a simulation, giving engineers a scalable way to recreate roads and junctions with high fidelity. Diffusion-based AI models will then be used to alter these reconstructed scenes, generating variations in lighting, weather and other conditions so that systems can be exposed to a far broader set of test cases than could realistically be captured through data collection alone.
The tool is aimed initially at supporting development of Level 2++ and Level 3 systems, and will be integrated with other simulation components across Bosch Mobility to form a wider platform for building photorealistic digital twins and evaluating vehicle behaviour in defined scenarios. Bosch says the same underlying approach is expected to eventually support training and validation of Level 4 systems.
Dave Buffey, head of Bosch Mobility UK, said the software represents a significant innovation that Five AI's team will develop in close collaboration with automotive partners working on autonomous driving integration.
Source: ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International — read the original article