The Interview: OpenDRIVE

The Interview: OpenDRIVE

Can you introduce yourself?   I am Valérie Dognin, I’m Product Owner at AVSimulation for 3 years. I am in charge of SCANeR Roadmap and more particularly on Terrain and Visual subjects.   Can you give us a quick and simple definition of OpenDRIVE?...
Why simulation and physical tests are complementary?

Why simulation and physical tests are complementary?

Before simulation, validation of new systems under test (complete vehicles, ADAS command law, headlights, etc.)  were only physical tests, which means that we deployed several versions of prototypes on a track in order to make sure that the behavior is what was...
Lighting simulation, a major challenge in the automotive domain

Lighting simulation, a major challenge in the automotive domain

Autonomous vehicles are real. Combination of different sensors (cameras, radars or LiDAR) allow vehicles to take its environment (weather, other vehicles, pedestrian, etc.) into account and therefore accelerate, turn, break autonomously. Automotive simulation has...
The Interview: Massive simulation

The Interview: Massive simulation

Can you introduce yourself in a few words? My name is Alex GRANDJEAN and I have worked at AVSimulation for 6 years, as product owner and project manager. I am an expert in scenarisation, traffic simulation and HPC. I am involved for more than 4 years in SVA and 3SA...
SCANeR for the off-highway and the off-road

SCANeR for the off-highway and the off-road

In 2016, 1.35 million people were killed in road accidents worldwide, compared to 1.15 million in 2000. An increase of 17.7%. At the same time the number of car registrations increased by 2.5 times (from 0.8 to 2 billion). This relatively low inflation can be...
CO2 emissions in SCANeR studio

CO2 emissions in SCANeR studio

Global warming is a major issue, probably the most complex problem humanity has had to solve since the dawn of civilization. The complexity comes from the fact that it implies a radical change in the whole range of human activities, especially the activities related...