The partnership between Mitre and Mcity aims to accelerate the deployment of safe and effective technologies to improve mobility, primarily connected and automated vehicle technology.
The collaboration will connect innovative research conducted at Mcity to real-world applications and needs. It will also accelerate the development and use of advanced digital engineering and simulation for connected and automated vehicle safety assurance in real-world environments, including Mitre’s digital proving ground, using Nvidia Omniverse Cloud Sensor RTX APIs. The Nvidia sensor will deliver physically accurate sensor simulation to generate labelled camera, radar, lidar and ultrasonic sensor data for AV training and testing.
The partnership also aims to enhance the USDOT Virtual Open Innovation Collaborative Environment for Safety (VOICES) capability, operated by Mitre, with new simulation components and additional researchers.
Mcity simulation tools are being used for a new project under development in partnership with Mitre and Nvidia. The three brands will collaborate to create a correlated, full simulation version of Mcity that industry and academic researchers can use to rigorously test and validate AVs, accelerating their development and adoption. The partnership was announced at the Nvidia AI Summit in Washington DC earlier this week.
“Collaboration with key stakeholders and innovators will be key to making sure future transportation systems and automated vehicles serve the public’s needs,” said Joseph Kolly, director of the Integrated Systems Innovation Center at Mitre.
“As Mcity’s first non-profit partner, Mitre brings tremendous expertise and resources to our mission of transforming mobility for society’s benefit,” said Mcity director Henry Liu.