Self-driving cars could soon be cheaper and easier to build - AIVAnet

Every automaker and startup seems to be building a nearly sentient system designed to operate cars and avoid objects (especially humans). AImotive (pronounced "AI Motive" -- yeah, it's confusing) is doing the same thing, except it's also designing the accompanying hardware. The ultimate goal is to create a suite that simplifies the way we connect different hardware configurations. The company is creating a lower-cost self-driving system that forgoes the pricey LiDAR sensors in exchange for multiple low-cost cameras. Meanwhile in the trunk of AImotive's Prius test vehicle, the company is sticking with industry darling NVIDIA to help make sense of all that camera data.