EETimes: Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang CES keynote was largely devoted to the company automotive platform for ADAS and autonomous driving. Most of the Nvidia's Auto-Pilot and Co-Pilot features are vision based:
Nvidia also announces its new parntners on car computing platform: Bosch, ZF, and Audi.
EETimes: In contrast, Gil Pratt, head of Toyota Research Institute, expressed skepticism about the speed of progress in this area: "Acknowledging that every carmaker is shooting for Level 5, Pratt said, “None of us is close. Not even close.” He added, “It's going to take many years of machine learning and many, many more miles" of tested." Pratt's talk starts at 14:40 in Toyota CES keynote video.
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