Ouster has announced that its latest Rev8 OS family of digital lidar sensors is qualified to run on the Nvidia Drive Hyperion platform to accelerate the development and deployment of Level 4 autonomous vehicles.
Rev8 sensor compatibility with Nvidia Drive Hyperion
Ouster pairs hardware readiness with full-stack software compatibility, featuring optimized plug-ins for its entire sensor portfolio within the Nvidia DriveWorks SDK. By bridging these layers, its high-density point clouds can be ingested directly into Nvidia’s hardware-accelerated software stack, providing automotive developers with a streamlined path from initial development to full-scale deployment.
Longer-range, native-color sensors for high-speed autonomy
Featuring what Ouster describes as the world’s first native-color lidar, Rev8 reportedly provides the high-quality data necessary to train next-generation world models and enable safer autonomous navigation at scale. Rev8 also introduced the flagship OS1 Max, a sensor purpose-built for high-speed autonomy, delivering 256 channels of high-definition sensing up to 500m in all directions and capable of resolving the smallest objects at long range. The Rev8 family is auto-grade, cybersecure and designed for functional safety.
Efficient approach to ground truth data collection
Modern ADAS systems are trained with a combination of simulated and labeled data. Ouster’s Rev8 native-color lidar makes this process faster and more affordable by delivering inherently fused color and depth data. This allows developers to access automated annotation pipelines that label data with higher precision and less manual effort, significantly reducing the time and cost of training autonomous systems.
“Ouster’s work with Nvidia Drive centers on providing the high-performance sensing required for the next generation of autonomous vehicles,” said Ouster CEO Angus Pacala. “With Rev8 compatibility on the Nvidia Drive Hyperion platform, automotive customers around the world can benefit from superior range and resolution, along with the world’s first native-color lidar, to enhance safety and performance in the real world.”
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