Land Rover test drive makes autopilot a reality
The £ 3,7 million project explores autonomous terrain in any terrain.
Jaguar Land Rover develops autonomous vehicles capable of self-driving off-road in any terrain and in all weather conditions.
For the first time in the world, the CORTEX project will introduce autonomous vehicles off-road, ensuring that they can move in all weather conditions: mud, rain, ice, snow or fog. The project has developed a 5D technology that combines real-time acoustic and video data, radar data, light and range (LiDAR). Access to this combined data allows a better understanding of the vehicle environment. Machine Learning allows the autonomous vehicle to behave more and more “nimble”, allowing it to cope with any weather conditions in any terrain.
Chris Holmes, Jaguar Land Rover Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Research Manager, said: “It is important to develop our autonomous vehicles with the same off-road and dynamic performance that customers expect from all Jaguar and Land Rover models. Autonomy is inevitable for the automotive industry and the desire to make our autonomous models as functional, safe and enjoyable as possible is what drives us to explore the limits of innovation. CORTEX gives us the opportunity to work with fantastic partners whose experience will help us realize this vision in the near future.”
Jaguar Land Rover develops technology for fully and semi-automatic vehicles, offering customers a choice of levels of automation while maintaining fun and safety. This project is part of the company's vision to make the autonomous vehicle reliable under the widest possible range of real-world on-road and off-road driving conditions, as well as in various weather conditions.
CORTEX will advance the technology by developing algorithms, optimizing sensors and physically testing off-road routes in the UK. The project is joined by the University of Birmingham, a leading global research center for autonomous platform radar and sensor technology, and Myrtle AI, experts in machine learning. CORTEX was announced as part of the third Innovate UK funding round for connected and autonomous vehicles in March 2018.
2020-08-30
