Automotive technology company Luminar has introduced its Sentinel software suite, following five years of software and AI systems development.
Sentinel is designed to help auto makers accelerate the development of advanced safety and autonomous features in vehicles. The suite includes proactive safety, perception, 3D mapping and localization, simulation and lidar features. Initial shipments began this week, with deliveries planned for top auto makers in the third quarter of this year.
Sentinel leverages Luminar’s lidar hardware and AI-based software technologies, which have been developed primarily by the company’s software teams in Silicon Valley and Munich, with support from third-party software partners, including Scale AI, Applied Intuition and Civil Maps.
Luminar says it has focused on providing auto makers with a toolkit to implement next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities for consumer production vehicles.
“People know Luminar for pioneering lidar systems for global production vehicles, but since 2017 we have also been building next-generation AI-based software for improved safety and autonomy,” said Austin Russell, founder and CEO of Luminar.
“Our launch couldn’t be more timely with the new NHTSA mandate for next-generation safety in all US production vehicles by 2029, and as of today, we’re the only solution we know of that meets all of these requirements. This gives us the opportunity to dramatically expand our content value per vehicle in a high-margin capacity.”
Sentinel, first previewed as a prototype in 2021, is in continuous development and will be evaluated by auto makers and technology companies for potential integration into future advanced safety and autonomous driving programs.