Take a Ride in NVIDIA's Self-Driving Car NVIDIA Blog

Turning a traditional car into an autonomous vehicle is an enormous challenge. At NVIDIA, we're tackling the problem by building the essential blocks of autonomous driving -- categorized into perception, localization, and planning/control software -- and applying high-performance compute. To test and validate our DRIVE AV Software, we use simulation testing with our DRIVE Constellation platform and operate test cars on public roads around our headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., and other locations around the world. With safety-certified drivers at the wheel and and co-pilots monitoring the system, the vehicles handle highway interchanges, lane changes and other maneuvers, testing the various software components in the real world. At the core of our perception building blocks are deep neural networks (DNNs).