Tag: Simulators

Misc. stuff: ASAM, DeepMind, Tesla and more

May 4, 2019

Summary: This is another one of those “misc. stuff” posts, with no unifying theme other than “Interesting inputs regarding Autonomous Vehicles verification”. It will discuss: What I learned regarding the ASAM OSC standardization effort, DeepMind’s “Rigorous Agent Evaluation” paper, Tesla’s “400,0000-car regression farm” idea, some good papers by Philip Koopman, and the upcoming Stuttgart symposium. … More Misc. stuff: ASAM, DeepMind, Tesla and more

Bridging AV verification and AV regulation

December 8, 2018

Summary: In this post I’ll describe my impressions from the ASAM OpenSCENARIO workshop. I’ll then use that as an excuse to discuss a related topic: Many people agree that scenarios are a good way to check Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) for safety. Some of these people have thorough verification in mind, while others have regulation in … More Bridging AV verification and AV regulation

Stuttgart impressions: Scenarios and problems

June 25, 2018

Summary: This post talks about scenarios as the main tool for serious Autonomous Vehicles verification, but mostly about the more “mechanical” obstacles standing in the way of industrial-scale usage of scenarios – those related to repeatability, HIL issues and behavior stability As promised, here is my (first) report from this year’s Stuttgart Autonomous Vehicle (AV) … More Stuttgart impressions: Scenarios and problems

The Uber accident and the bigger picture

March 27, 2018

Summary: This post discusses the influence of the Uber accident on Autonomous Vehicle (AV) deployment. It claims that AVs should eventually be deployed, and yet that we should expect many fatal AV accidents. It then suggests that a comprehensive, transparent verification system could help solve this inevitable tension. That tragic Uber accident has brought AV … More The Uber accident and the bigger picture

On Mobileye’s formal model of AV safety

October 30, 2017

Summary: This short post talks about Mobileye’s new paper (regarding a formal approach to Autonomous Vehicles safety). It claims that the paper has several issues, but is nevertheless an important start. Mobileye came out with a paper titled “On a Formal Model of Safe and Scalable Self-driving Cars” (Bloomberg coverage, summary paper, full pdf). Their … More On Mobileye’s formal model of AV safety

What’s new in AV verification: Stuttgart report part two

July 18, 2017

Summary: This is part two of my report about what I saw at the Stuttgart 2017 Autonomous Vehicles test & development symposium. It covers frameworks, simulators, scenario definitions and extracting scenarios from recordings. As I promised in part one, here is the rest of my trip report from that yearly symposium. It will cover the … More What’s new in AV verification: Stuttgart report part two

Dynamic verification in one picture

July 1, 2017

Summary: This post tries to summarize what dynamic verification is, using a single picture. It then puts various verification tools, and diverse verification projects, in the context of that picture. It also explains Coverage Driven Verification (CDV). The Foretellix blog is about verifying complex systems. However, as I discussed here, there is no agreed-upon verification … More Dynamic verification in one picture

What’s new in AV verification: Report from the Stuttgart symposium

June 27, 2017

Summary: This is part one of my report about what I saw at the Stuttgart 2017 Autonomous Vehicles test & development symposium last week. This yearly symposium seems to be a pretty good place to get the feeling of what’s going on in AV verification (at least in Europe): There are several AV-related conferences, but … More What’s new in AV verification: Report from the Stuttgart symposium