A global automotive supplier thinks carmakers are wasting too much time developing software that runs autonomous technology.
In working with clients, engineers at Elektrobit, a subsidiary of Continental, say automakers have become adept at creating stand-alone features like adaptive cruise control and active lane-keeping assist. But these features aren?t naturally designed to collaborate with one another, and as automakers ramp up development of autonomous driving, that?s exactly what they?ll need to do.
So Elektrobit has designed a new software architecture that?s intended to eliminate much of the legwork in making those connections.
Rather than automakers each developing their own proprietary connections between sensors and features, Elektrobit says its new software platform, dubbed ?EB Robinos,? standardizes integration of driver-assistance functions into one system. Company officials believe it could shorten development time for automated-driving systems by as much as 30 percent. That remains to be seen, of course. But in an industry in which traditional automakers, suppliers, and Silicon Valley tech companies all are clawing for any advantage in bringing self-driving technologies to the market, EB Robinos might represent a way for the players to move beyond the basics of what?s essentially developmental busywork and concentrate their efforts on ways to differentiate their semi-autonomous or autonomous offerings.
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