NI and Konrad Technologies Sign Strategic Agreement to Accelerate Autonomous Vehicle Test
January 19 2021 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Companies to partner to transform test into a
competitive advantage for autonomous vehicle development
NI (NASDAQ: NATI) and Konrad Technologies (KT) today announced
they have entered into a strategic agreement to develop test
systems and solutions for autonomous driving software and hardware
validation. Together, the companies plan to deliver new
technologies to help automotive Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs leverage
real-world road data and simulation, to help improve vehicle and
passenger safety and bring the promise of autonomous driving (AD)
to the roads faster.
AD requires a complex mix of rapidly evolving technologies such
as machine learning, LiDAR and imaging radar to come to life. It
involves a challenging process that forces test systems to adapt in
tandem to efficiently validate the complex embedded software
required to operate autonomous vehicles (AVs) safely in real-world
scenarios. By combining NI’s software-connected test solutions with
KT’s expertise in system integration and solution delivery for
advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) test, the two companies
expect to streamline validation to accelerate the shift to
self-driving cars. While the plan is that the test solutions will
scale across fleet management, data utilization and sensor test,
initial solutions will focus on high bandwidth data recording and
hardware-in-the-loop test systems for testing ADAS and AD software
algorithms.
“AVs are among the most complex systems being tested today, and
no one company can tackle the challenge of getting these vehicles
to market alone,” said Chad Chesney, general manager of NI’s
Transportation business unit. “Our strategic agreement and a seat
on the KT board will deepen our long-standing partnership with KT
and give customers the system-level capabilities they need to
quickly and efficiently test the complex embedded software found
within today’s AVs —helping them ensure that test is not a
bottleneck but a competitive advantage on the road to
autonomy.”
“Connecting NI’s open instrumentation to our system integration
expertise will allow us to build turnkey solutions that help
customers shorten their time to market,” said Michael Konrad, CEO
of Konrad Technologies. “This partnership with NI is expected to
provide a consistent tool chain that will help customers rectify
multiple challenges efficiently in all stages of the ADAS and AD
system product cycle.”
About Konrad Technologies
Konrad Technologies is a global technology company serving
customers for more than 25 years with turnkey solutions to support
the development, test, validation and mass production of electronic
devices and sensors for the consumer electronics and automotive
markets. Driven by innovation and customer requirements, we provide
complete system and service options with a global footprint to
support customers at all necessary locations.
About NI
At NI, we bring together the people, ideas and technology so
forward thinkers and creative problem solvers can take on
humanity’s biggest challenges. From data and automation to research
and validation, we provide the tailored, software-connected systems
engineers and enterprises need to Engineer Ambitiously™ every
day.
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