OxTS has announced that its GNSS-aided Inertial Navigation Systems RT3000 series plug-in is now supported on the Nvidia Drive platform, enhancing AV validation. The plug-in runs on the Nvidia Drive AGX Orin developer kit.
Nvidia Drive leverages the Drive Orin system-on-a-chip, and can process up to 254 trillion operations per second (TOPS) from a range of sensors, including cameras, lidar and radar, the company says.
Developed in-house using the Nvidia DriveWorks SDK, the plug-in enables developers to feed OxTS GNSS/INS data into Nvidia Drive to access highly accurate reference localization information, says OxTS, which supports the validation of other sensors or algorithms being tested.
For autonomous vehicles, a range of sensors work in concert, generating large amounts of data. The OxTS GNSS/INS offers precise time synchronization and serves as a reference point for calibrating other sensor data.
“AVs need precise, accurate localization information so they can operate safely,” said Paris Austin, head of product at OxTS. “With over 25 years of experience developing navigation systems, we’re excited to help Nvidia Drive platform customers access leading-edge, dependable, ground-truth data to further their autonomous driving development journeys.”
Glenn Schuster, senior director of sensor ecosystems at Nvidia, said, “The OxTS GNSS/INS plug-in’s compatibility with the Nvidia Drive platform provides automotive manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers with a high-performance, field-proven sensor with accurate localization capabilities necessary for safe AV deployment.”