Intel‘s federal business arm has secured a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop simulation platforms for off-road autonomous combat vehicles.
Tuesday’s announcement by Intel Labs stated that the University of Texas at Austin and the Computer Vision Center Barcelona will collaborate on the creation of next generation tools. These tools are designed to replicate off-road environments. Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments – Resiliency Simulation program.
Intel and its partners under the two-phase RACER Sim Initiative will work together to accelerate the development of off-road autonomous ground vehicle designs over the next two years.
Intel will develop new mapping tools and simulation platforms to simulate complex terrain and environments in which autonomous vehicles operate during the first phase.
In the second phase, Intel will implement new algorithms on the simulation platforms without the need for a physical robot.