GÖTEBORG, Sweden, June 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Volvo Group
has signed an agreement with NVIDIA to jointly develop the decision
making system of autonomous commercial vehicles and machines.
Utilizing NVIDIA's end-to-end artificial intelligence platform for
training, simulation and in-vehicle computing, the resulting system
is designed to safely handle fully autonomous driving on public
roads and highways.
The solution will be built on NVIDIA's full software stack for
sensor processing, perception, map localization and path planning,
enabling a wide range of possible autonomous driving applications,
such as freight transport, refuse and recycling collection, public
transport, construction, mining, forestry and more.
"Automation creates real-life benefits for both our customers
and the society in terms of safety, energy efficiency and as a
consequence productivity. We continue to gradually introduce
automated applications in the entire spectrum of automation, from
driver support systems to fully autonomous vehicles and machines.
This partnership with NVIDIA is an important next step on that
journey," says Martin Lundstedt,
President and CEO of the Volvo Group.
The partnership with NVIDIA will focus on the development of a
flexible, scalable Autonomous Driving System, which is planned to
be used first in commercial pilots and later in commercial
offerings from the Volvo Group. The agreement signed between the
Volvo Group and NVIDIA is a long-term partnership spanning several
years. Work will begin immediately with personnel from the two
companies being co-located in Gothenburg,
Sweden and Santa Clara,
California.
"Trucking is the world's largest network – a network that
through online shopping puts practically anything, anywhere in the
world, quickly within our reach," says Jensen Huang, NVIDIA founder
and CEO. "The latest breakthroughs in AI and robotics bring a new
level of intelligence and automation to address the transportation
challenges we face. We are thrilled to partner with Volvo Group to
reinvent the future of trucking."
"Automation is a key technology area for the Volvo Group. With
this partnership we will further increase our speed of development
and strengthen our long-term capabilities and assets within
automation, to the benefit of our customers in different segments
and markets," says Lars Stenqvist, Volvo Group Chief Technology
Officer.
The strategic partnership covers end-to-end computing
fundamental to autonomous vehicles. It includes accelerated
computing technology in the datacenter for training deep neural
networks; large-scale simulation for hardware-in-the-loop testing
and validation of autonomous vehicle systems; and finally
deployment of the NVIDIA DRIVE platform in the vehicle running the
full software stack for 360-degree sensor processing, mapping and
path planning.
For further information, please contact:
Claes Eliasson
Volvo
Group Media Relations
+46-31-323-72-29
volvogroup.com/press
Marie Labrie
Automotive PR Manager, NVIDIA
mlabrie@nvidia.com
www.nvidia.com/drive
About Volvo Group
The Volvo Group drives prosperity through transport solutions,
offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for
marine and industrial applications, financing and services that
increase our customers' uptime and productivity. Founded in 1927,
the Volvo Group is committed to shaping the future landscape of
sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions. The Volvo Group
is headquartered in Gothenburg,
Sweden, employs 105,000 people and serves customers in more
than 190 markets. In 2018, net sales amounted to about SEK 391 billion (EUR 38.1
billion). Volvo shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked
the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer
graphics and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU
deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with
the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots and self-driving
cars that can perceive and understand the world. More information
at http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/
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