Like we mentioned in our previous blog post, Audi’s longtime partner in tech, NVIDIA, has joined the autonomous driving game, using deep-learning artificial intelligence (AI) to essentially “teach” cars to drive themselves. The video below gets deeper into the two companies’ shared vision for the future of autonomous driving. Check it out!
We shifted our partnership w/ @Audi into high gear by collaborating to put advanced #AICARS on the road in 2020. https://t.co/nUKHoYpMwC pic.twitter.com/6Q6CnMstZm
— NVIDIA (@nvidia) January 13, 2017
Unveiled at CES 2017, NIVDIA and Audi have already collaborated to produce a self-driving Audi Q7 concept model. It was demonstrated at the CES 2017 show, where on lookers and journalists could learn more about the technology behind the AI driving the car. And by “the AI driving the car,” we literally mean the AI, because, though other autonomous vehicles may have been hands-free, Audi’s was the only one to be demoed without a body in the car.
The potential for this learning AI to grow the field of autonomous driving is limitless, and this partnership between Audi and NVIDIA is another example of the two companies collaborating to drive new technology. The demonstration Q7 was only equipped with NVDIA’s front-facing cameras and NVDIA’s DRIVE PX 2 in-car computer, and yet it learned the course, performing perfectly, and even reacted to an obstacle correctly—just imagine how much could be gained and learned with more time and more cameras.
The progress being made in the field of autonomous driving is remarkable, and we at Audi Warrington only expect it to continue apace, amazing us all along the way.