NVIDIA has announced the launch of Halos, a comprehensive safety system designed to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles (AVs). The company’s goal is to empower partners and developers to create safe and reliable AV systems from the cloud to the car.
At the heart of Halos are three complementary levels of safety. Technology-wise, it spans platform, algorithmic, and ecosystem safety. Development-wise, it includes design-time, deployment-time, and validation-time guardrails. Computational-wise, it uses NVIDIA’s powerful computers, including the DGX for AI training, Omniverse for simulation, and DRIVE AGX for deployment.
A key component of Halos is the NVIDIA AI Systems Inspection Lab, a worldwide program accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board for inspection plans integrating functional safety, cybersecurity, AI safety, and regulations. The lab serves as an entry point for automakers and developers to verify the safe integration of their products with NVIDIA technology.
Halos is built on three focus areas: platform safety, algorithmic safety, and ecosystem safety. It features a safety-assessed system-on-a-chip, safety-certified operating systems, and hardware platforms that connect SoC, DriveOS, and sensors in an electronic control unit architecture.
The system also includes libraries for safety data loading, accelerators, and application programming interfaces for safety data creation and curation. Furthermore, it boasts a diverse AV stack combining modular components with end-to-end AI models to ensure safety with cutting-edge AI models in the loop.
NVIDIA’s safety track record is impressive, with 15,000+ engineering years invested in vehicle safety, over 10,000 hours of contributions to international standards committees, and 1,000+ AV-safety patents filed. The company’s automotive products have also received significant safety certifications and assessments.
For more information on NVIDIA’s approach to automotive safety, attend AV Safety Day today at NVIDIA GTC, a global AI conference running through Friday, March 21.
Source: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/halos-safety-system-autonomous-vehicles