Claytex is demonstrating its advanced simulation platforms, AVSandbox and VeSyMA, at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo Europe.
Mike Dempsey, the company’s managing director, said, “We’re attending the show to present our solutions for vehicle simulation. These are made up of two main products: VeSyMA for simulating the physics of how the vehicle behaves, covering vehicle dynamics, powertrain, cooling, etc; and AVSandbox for ADAS and autonomous vehicle simulation, where we immerse the vehicle into a virtual world with perception sensor models including camera, lidar and radar.”
AVSandbox also includes reporting and data-tracking capabilities, ensuring full regulatory compliance across all applications. The platform creates a hyper-realistic simulation environment where developers can test, refine and enhance the performance, functionality and safety of autonomous vehicles. Users can create unique scenarios with high-resolution, true-to-life graphics and precise rendering of operating environments, mapped with submillimeter accuracy.
Designed for automotive OEMs and end-user organizations, AVSandbox supports the development and deployment of autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems. It is suitable for a wide range of transportation applications, including passenger vehicles, robotaxis, last-mile commercial vehicles, and airside and portside baggage and cargo handling systems.
Dempsey outlined these applications further: “Any application that operates a vehicle on a hard surface, such as asphalt or concrete, is immediately relevant. It’s been applied to look at airside operations, port operations and, of course, on-road vehicles. The high-fidelity road surfaces included in our scenes are fed into the vehicle dynamics models, which means you get accurate predictions of how the vehicle will move through the environment and is based on the driving simulator technology used in motorsport, such as F1. Couple this with the detailed sensor models and you can test your perception system with appropriate levels of noise to understand and explore its robustness.”
Dempsey is also encouraging discussions about the company’s projects: “We are talking about one of our current R&D projects called Sim4CAMSens, which is a collaborative project part funded by the UK government – CCAV and Innovate UK.”
The Sim4CAMSens project aims to revolutionize the field of autonomous vehicle technology by developing a robust supply chain for the modeling, simulation, testing and characterization of the perception sensors used in automated driving functions. At the heart of Sim4CAMSens is a collaboration between a consortium of expert partners, each contributing unique expertise to address the challenges.
“This is really what we are working toward with the Sim4CAMSens project and to answer the question of ‘how do we define and validate sensor models that are good enough for safety assurance?’,” Dempsey explained. “This then extends to making sure that the rest of the simulation toolchain is able to provide traceability between model versions used, test cases run and the results used in the safety case.”
He defined the expo as the perfect place to discuss the project and share solutions: “We chose ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo as it’s known as Europe’s most influential hub for automotive innovation, research and development.”
Visit Claytex at Booth 6200.
ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo Europe is running at the Messe Stuttgart in Germany on June 4, 5 and 6, 2024. Click here to register for your free expo pass.
