PLEASANTON, Calif.,
Sept. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- AEye, a leader in artificial perception systems, today
announced it has been named Most Exciting Startup by AutoSens, the
world's leading technical summit for ADAS and autonomous vehicle
perception technology. The award honors the startup with the most
complete package, the genuine intent to create a business, change
the world, and be known as a force for change in a single small
company of motivated, passionate people.
"We are honored to be recognized as a leader and trailblazer in
this space for our disruptive approach to artificial perception,"
said Stephen Lambright, AEye's Vice
President of Marketing. "AEye has created a system that puts
intelligence at the sensor layer, enabling the sensor to
dynamically assess and prioritize what's most relevant in a scene,
then process this data at the edge. This approach mimics the way a
human's visual cortex focuses on and evaluates potential driving
hazards, and is fundamental to achieving the rapid, dynamic
perception and path planning required for reliable vehicle
autonomy."
AEye's artificial perception system enables self-driving cars to
think like a robot, but perceive like a human - intelligently
assessing hazards and responding to changing conditions. It's based
on iDARâ„¢ (Intelligent Detection and Ranging), the company's
breakthrough innovation that uses a distributed architecture and
edge processing to dynamically track targets and objects of
interest, while always critically assessing general surroundings.
Its software-configurable hardware enables vehicle control system
software to selectively customize data collection in real-time,
while edge processing reduces control loop latency. By combining
software extensibility, artificial intelligence and smart, agile
sensors, iDAR is able to capture more intelligent information with
less data, for optimal performance and safety.
"By designing a perception system that more intelligently
acquires and adapts data, AEye is helping autonomous vehicles
obtain more accurate, longer range and more intelligent information
faster for enhanced safety. The result has been gathering 7-10x
more relevant Information with 16x Greater Coverage, using 2-5x
less system power," reported Rob
Stead, Awards Director and member of the judging panel at
the AutoSens Awards.
AEye's platform is both adaptable and scalable. It can
extract value from orthogonal datasets, and allow other sensors -
such as radars, IMUs, ultrasonics, microphones, and various other
instruments - to be seamlessly integrated to provide a complete
artificial perception system. It's also engineered for
manufacturability: iDAR's unique MEMS-based design allows for rapid
development, customization, and cost-effective manufacturing at
scale.
About AEye
AEye is an artificial perception pioneer
and creator of iDARâ„¢, a perception system that that acts as the
eyes and visual cortex of autonomous vehicles. Since its
demonstration of its solid state LiDAR scanner in 2013, AEye has
pioneered breakthroughs in intelligent sensing. The company is
based in the San Francisco Bay
Area, and backed by world-renowned investors including
Kleiner Perkins Caufield &
Byers, Airbus Ventures and Intel Capital. For more information,
please visit www.aeye.ai.
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