Foretellix is collaborating with MathWorks to help develop Mazda’s next generation of AD/ADAS. The partnership will integrate Foretellix’s Foretify platform with Simulink and MathWorks’ Automated Driving Toolbox, enabling Mazda engineers to generate, execute and analyze large-scale scenarios in a virtual environment.
The Foretellix and MathWorks technology stack enables Mazda to move real-world driving data into virtual simulation to test and scale scenarios. This combination helps engineering teams identify edge cases and gaps in coverage, and validate performance much earlier in the development process. As a result, time-to-market can be accelerated and system quality and safety improved.
Yasuhide Yano, deputy general manager of the integrated control systems development division at Mazda, said, “By using Foretify, Simulink and Automated Driving Toolbox, efficient and exhaustive verification can be performed in a virtual environment to achieve our goals in a short period of time. In addition, the use of coverage maps enables us to conduct verification while also contributing to our sustainability goals with a zero-carbon footprint.”
Unified technology for Mazda AD/ADAS development
The Foretellix platform automatically generates an unlimited number of relevant and valid scenarios that are executed within the MathWorks Automated Driving Toolbox simulation environment. This process significantly accelerates testing timelines and enables Mazda to expand operational design domains (ODDs) through early-stage, virtual validation.
Ziv Binyamini, CEO and co-founder of Foretellix, added, “The integration of Foretellix and MathWorks software will enable Mazda to accelerate the development of safe, autonomous vehicles, improve testing efficiency and reduce development costs.”
“As ADAS and autonomous driving systems grow in complexity, it is essential for developers to have tools that enable efficient, scalable and comprehensive testing early in the design process,” said Naga Pemmaraju, product manager for autonomous systems at MathWorks.