Cepton, dSPACE Team up on Lidar Integration for Simulation Tasks
July 27, 2021
Cepton, which provides intelligent lidar-based solutions, and dSPACE, which develops simulation and validation solutions, have announced a collaboration to enable easier adoption of lidar technology in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles (AV), and other autonomous applications. The partnership looks to enable dSPACE to integrate Cepton’s lidar sensors into its simulation tool chain, helping customers accelerate their development using Cepton lidars.
Following Cepton’s unveiling of Nova, a miniature, wide field-of-view lidar sensor, dSPACE worked with Cepton to deliver simulation solutions. dSPACE enables customers to accurately simulate the Nova scan pattern and replicate the communication protocol to inject the synthetic point cloud directly into a device under test.
The two companies created an initial proof-of-concept using the Cepton Vista-P60, highlighting the desne field-of-view coverage of Ception MMT lidars. The dSPACE simulation environment provides an accurate sensor model and environment simulation so engineers can test and validate their perception stack. With the dSPACE simulation tool chain, engineers can explore different sensor models and configurations, as well as in-vehicle or in-robot placement options. Thanks to the diverse scenarios that the simulation platform provides, engineers can assess the expected sensor performance even in difficult and complex surroundings involving vehicles, other road users, sidewalks, traffic signs, static obstacles, and other objects.
The collaboration aims to provide high-fidelity simulation models that can be used in all phases of development, from early model-in-the-loop (MIL) analyses to hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) scenarios.
“dSPACE provides customers around the world with efficient methods for generating test data, supporting the automotive industry in the development of robust and safe ADAS, autonomous driving and other autonomous applications,” said Caius Seiger, product manager for sensor simulation at dSPACE. “With this collaboration, we ensure that early validation brings vehicles with Cepton’s high-performance lidars to the road quickly.”
“We are excited with the accuracy of dSPACE simulations and their ability to provide customers a deeper understanding of Cepton’s powerful and unique MMT scan patterns,” said Henri Haefner, director of product management and marketing at Cepton. “Our partnership will really help customers in their deployment of lidar-equipped vehicles and robots, to maximize safety with higher levels of autonomy. We look forward to collaborating with dSPACE to explore more sensor models in our product portfolio and help our customers accelerate development of their solutions.”
For more details on Cepton’s offerings, visit its website here. For additional details about dSPACE’s simulation and validation offerings, visit its website here.
