

Applied Intuition Wins Production Award to Deliver Synthetic Data for Aided Target Recognition (AiTR)
September 21, 2023
Applied Intuition received a production contract from AFWERX Autonomy Prime to deliver synthetic data to train an aided target recognition algorithm to identify and track adversary systems.
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Top 5 Takeaways With Dr. Jeannette zu Fürstenberg
September 11, 2023
We hosted Dr. Jeannette zu Fürstenberg for a fireside chat at our Mountain View, California headquarters.
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Guest Spotlight: Societal Benefits of Automated Vehicles and Building Trust in Autonomy
August 18, 2023
Tara Andringa joins our new blog post series on transportation policy. Tara directs national public engagement and education around automated vehicle technology by working closely with industry, government, and community stakeholders.
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Applied Intuition Comments on NHTSA’s Proposed Regulation on Automatic Emergency Braking Systems
August 11, 2023
Applied Intuition provided comments in response to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s request for comment on a proposal to update the automatic emergency braking systems for light vehicles.
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How the Korean Police Science Institute uses Simian and Basis to validate AV stack performance
August 2, 2023
The Police Science Institute uses Applied’s simulation and verification and validation (V&V) products to create scenarios and validate AV stack performance in a virtual environment.
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Applied Intuition Comments on the White House National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
July 31, 2023
Earlier this month, Applied Intuition provided comments in response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy request for information on “National Priorities for Artificial Intelligence,” where we discussed both the national security and transportation applications of AI.
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Applied Intuition Comments on NHTSA’s Proposal to Update the New Car Assessment Program
July 25, 2023
Applied Intuition provided comments in response to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s request for comment on a proposal to update the New Car Assessment Program.
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Life at Applied Intuition: What It’s Like to Be on Our Team
July 24, 2023
Applied’s mission is to accelerate the world’s adoption of safe and intelligent machines. Learn what it’s like to be a part of our team.
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Guest Spotlight: How Virtual Testing and AI Are Improving Transportation Safety
July 21, 2023
Ariel Wolf joins as the first guest in our blog post series on transportation policy. Ariel is a recognized thought leader who works closely with different players in the AV industry to navigate the emerging law and policy landscape being transformed by AV and mobility technology.
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Leading Defense Technology Companies and Investors Pen Open Letter Urging Acquisition Reform
June 26, 2023
Applied and leaders from 12 prominent venture capital and defense technology firms published an open letter to the Secretary of Defense with recommendations to reform acquisition and overcome barriers to innovation adoption.
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Top 5 Takeaways With Michael Brown
June 15, 2023
For the fourth iteration of our fireside chat blog post series, we hosted Michael A. Brown.
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Applied Intuition to Acquire Embark Technology to Enhance Products for AV Development
May 25, 2023
Applied Intuition and Embark Technology have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Under the agreement, Applied will acquire Embark.
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Applied Intuition and NI Collaborate to Accelerate Validation Test of Autonomous Driving Technology
May 11, 2023
Applied Intuition and NI are working together to provide reliable test systems for ADAS and AD validation, enabling the automotive industry to bring their products to market faster.
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Top 5 Takeaways With Apeksha Kumavat
May 10, 2023
For the third iteration of our fireside chat blog post series, we hosted Apeksha Kumavat.
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AFWERX Prime Selects Applied Intuition to Accelerate Aerial Sensor Optimization
May 10, 2023
Applied Intuition has been selected by AFWERX Prime to deliver a virtual sensor optimization solution to enable faster sensor selection, configuration, and experimentation for aerial systems.
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Top 5 Takeaways With Marc Andreessen
April 27, 2023
We are excited to introduce a new blog post series highlighting the speakers joining our company-wide all-hands meetings.
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Top 5 Takeaways With Axel Gern
April 26, 2023
We are excited to feature Axel Gern for the second iteration of our fireside chat blog post series.
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Case Study: Using Synthetic Data to Improve Traffic Sign Classification and Achieve Regulatory Compliance
April 20, 2023
This case study explores whether synthetic traffic sign data can improve a perception model’s traffic sign classification performance. Its results show that synthetic data reduces the need for real training data by 90%.
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LG Electronics Partners With Applied Intuition to Train a Camera System for Autonomous Mobile Robots With Synthetic Data
April 12, 2023
Applied Intuition and LG Electronics are partnering to accelerate the development of camera systems for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) with synthetic training data.
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Applied Intuition Acquires the SceneBox Platform to Strengthen Solutions for Machine Learning Data Operations
March 21, 2023
The SceneBox platform enables engineers to train better, more accurate ML models with a data-centric approach.
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How May Mobility Uses Applied’s Simulation Software to Make Public Transportation More Safe, Equitable, and Accessible
February 28, 2023
May Mobility uses Applied Intuition’s large-scale simulation solutions to accelerate its software development cycle and improve its rider experience while saving time and resources.
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Applied Intuition Sponsors Carnegie Autonomous Racing
February 2, 2023
Applied Intuition is proud to sponsor Carnegie Autonomous Racing (CAR)—a student-led club at Carnegie Mellon University. Founded in January 2022, CAR builds autonomous systems through experiential learning and driverless racing.
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Ambarella Partners With Applied Intuition to Offer Scalable HIL Testing for CV3-AD Domain Controller SoCs
January 2, 2023
Ambarella and Applied’s joint solution enables customers to run Applied-powered simulations directly on Ambarella’s CV3-AD hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) card without waiting for an electronic control unit (ECU) to become available.
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Data and Logistics: The Lifeblood of Tomorrow’s Joint Operations
December 15, 2022
Without logistics, even the most brilliant plans aren’t worth the paper upon which they are written. Autonomy-enabled logistics can open up many opportunities for commanders operating in unstable environments that challenge long-held assumptions.
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Expanding Applied’s National Security & Defense Advisory Board
December 1, 2022
Applied Intuition announces three new additions to the National Security and Defense Advisory Board, including prominent leaders from the U.S. Department of Defense and national security ecosystem.
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Army Selects Applied Intuition to Accelerate Autonomy Development for Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV)
November 14, 2022
Applied Intuition has been selected by the Army and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver an end-to-end autonomy software development and test platform for the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle.
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Applied’s Log Management Handbook: Log-Based Test Cases (Part 3)
November 10, 2022
Part 3 of our log management handbook series explains how autonomy programs can reproduce and resolve issues by creating simulation test cases from real-world drive data.
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Applied Hosts Delegation from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering
November 8, 2022
Applied Intuition hosted a delegation from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to discuss commercial best practices for autonomy development and how those best practices could be applied to Department of Defense autonomy programs.
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Applied’s Log Management Handbook: Drive Data Exploration (Part 2)
November 1, 2022
Part 2 of our log management handbook series introduces readers to drive data exploration with a particular emphasis on surfacing interesting events for review.
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Applied’s Log Management Handbook: Powering Autonomy With Drive Data (Part 1)
October 19, 2022
Drive data is one of the most essential building blocks of autonomous systems development. Our log management handbook discusses the journey of a drive data file from inception to storage and lays out common practices for autonomy programs across industries.
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Training With Synthetic Lidar Data to Improve Perception Model Performance: Takeaways from Automotive LIDAR 2022
September 30, 2022
At this year’s Automotive LIDAR conference, our team gave a presentation on how autonomy programs can leverage synthetic lidar data in addition to real training data to improve perception model performance while lowering costs and speeding up time to market.
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Best Practices for Building Safe Autonomous Systems: Takeaways From ADAS & AV Technology Expo
September 15, 2022
At this year’s ADAS and Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo in San Jose, California, our team gave a presentation covering best practices for building safe autonomous systems.
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Enterprise Data Management for Defense Autonomy Programs
September 12, 2022
Learn why autonomy programs under development by the Department of Defense (DOD) and its international partners must prioritize enterprise data management tools to accelerate program timelines and deliver effective autonomous systems.
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Applied Hosts Congressional Delegation at Silicon Valley HQ
September 1, 2022
Applied Intuition hosted Rep. Rob Wittman to discuss the state of defense and commercial autonomy, how start-ups and non-traditional tech companies drive defense innovation, and to see autonomous systems in action.
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Applied Intuition Continues Long-Standing Partnership With Virtual Mechanics Corporation for Providing CarSim Products in Japan
August 25, 2022
Virtual Mechanics is a distributor of advanced software for automotive development in Japan. The company has been a distribution partner for CarSim, TruckSim, BikeSim, and SuspensionSim for many years.
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Guest Blog: Driving the Development of AV Merge Planning Algorithms at Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory
August 23, 2022
Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory has been using Applied’s simulation products for their new publication about autonomous vehicle merge planning on freeways. Learn how the research lab tested and validated strategies for merging in the presence of cooperative or non-cooperative human driving behavior.
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Test & Evaluation for Autonomous Military Vehicles: How Virtual T&E Tools Enable Comprehensive Evaluations (Part 2)
August 15, 2022
Part 2 of our series on testing and evaluation (T&E) for autonomous military vehicles outlines the Department of Defense’s approach to military vehicle T&E, additional considerations for autonomous military vehicles, and how virtual modeling and simulation tools can more effectively prove out the performance of autonomy stacks for defense applications.
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Test & Evaluation for Autonomous Military Vehicles: Challenges (Part 1)
August 10, 2022
Evaluating the performance of commercial autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle systems is a difficult task. Test and evaluation (T&E) of the safety and performance of autonomous military vehicles brings additional challenges, requiring more than just real-world testing.
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Announcing Synthetic Datasets for ML Applications
August 9, 2022
Synthetic Datasets empower users to improve the robustness of their machine learning (ML) models with camera, lidar, radar, and other sensor data.
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Applied Intuition Partners With Ouster to Speed Up Customer Deployment of Lidar-Based Perception Systems
August 4, 2022
Applied Intuition has partnered with Ouster to develop, validate, and release synthetic models of Ouster lidars. Applied’s sensor simulation software enables Ouster’s customers to accelerate the deployment of new Ouster lidars.
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Applied Intuition’s V&V Handbook: Analytics and Reporting (Part 3)
August 2, 2022
Part 3 of our verification and validation (V&V) handbook series discusses how autonomy programs typically measure coverage and analyze their system’s performance depending on their development stage.
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Guest Blog: Boosting driveblocks’ Autonomous Driving Functionality with Applied’s Simulation Software
July 28, 2022
The driveblocks team has developed full-stack autonomous driving algorithms at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. Learn how a new startup with a deep international research background uses Applied’s solutions to master the challenges of commercial AV development.
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Applied Intuition’s V&V Handbook: Scenario Creation and Test Execution (Part 2)
July 21, 2022
Part 2 of our verification and validation (V&V) handbook series explains how autonomy programs typically approach scenario creation and test execution depending on their development stage and how they can address common challenges.
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Applied Intuition’s V&V Handbook: Verification and Validation at Different Stages of ADAS and ADS Development (Part 1)
July 12, 2022
Safely developing and deploying autonomous systems is a challenging task. Applied Intuition’s V&V handbook aims to provide autonomy programs with an active resource to safely develop, test, and deploy autonomous systems for commercialization.
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Methods for Map Validation: Takeaways From IEEE IV 2022
June 16, 2022
Applied Intuition presented at the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium this year. Our team led a discussion around map validation and road model creation methods used by real-world autonomy programs.
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Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems: Learnings From Tech.AD Europe 2022
May 12, 2022
Applied Intuition hosted four in-depth sessions with key stakeholders at Tech.AD Europe. Our team led discussions around verifying and validating autonomous systems.
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Caterpillar Collaborates With Applied Intuition on Virtual Testing of Autonomous Machines
May 3, 2022
Applied Intuition and Caterpillar, the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, are collaborating to accelerate the testing of autonomous systems.
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Standards and Performance Metrics for On-Road AVs: Takeaways From a NIST Workshop
April 26, 2022
Applied Intuition participated in a NIST workshop alongside experts from government, academia, and industry. The panel discussed AI for on-road AVs and how to build trust in AV technology.
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Applied Intuition Partners With Nissan to Improve the Safety and Scalability of Advanced Driver-Assistance Technology
April 25, 2022
Applied Intuition has partnered with Nissan on the development of an automated collision avoidance system aimed to reduce accidents and improve safety.
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Applied Intuition Acquires CarSim, an Industry-Leading Vehicle Dynamics Simulation Company
March 14, 2022
Together, we’re committed to providing category-leading ADAS and AV development tools.
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How Good Design Can Prevent Autonomous Vehicle Accidents Before They Happen
February 16, 2022
Learn how designers at Applied balance the inherent complexity of the AV development process with simple UX solutions that span both 2D and 3D spaces.
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Large-Scale Simulation and Validation With CARLA
February 8, 2022
Applied’s continuous integration and verification & validation tools, Orbis and Basis, integrate with CARLA simulator to help AV teams scale and validate their development.
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Applied Intuition and Supernal Collaborate to Pursue Advanced Simulation of Safe Autonomous Advanced Air Mobility
February 3, 2022
Applied Intuition and Supernal are collaborating to enable testing, certification, and deployment of safe and reliable autonomous advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicles.
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Applied Intuition Awarded Position on Department of Defense $249M BPA for AI and Autonomy Test & Evaluation
February 2, 2022
Applied Intuition is proud to announce that it was selected to participate in a multi-award, $249M ceiling Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) from the Department of Defense.
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Why Suspension Models Are Important for Off-Road AV Simulation
January 11, 2022
Suspension models are crucial for off-road simulation because off-road vehicles often need to handle uneven terrain. Simulations that don’t account for a vehicle’s suspension might lead to results that aren’t fully representative of the real world.
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Seegrid and Applied Intuition Partner to Create Simulations to Accelerate Autonomous Material Handling Solutions for Seegrid Palion AMRs
December 15, 2021
The leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) leverages Applied’s simulation tools to develop next-generation material handling automation solutions.
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Motional’s nuScenes Dataset Now Searchable Through Applied Intuition’s Strada
December 13, 2021
Researchers and development teams can query the nuScenes dataset for specific scenes, events, and anomalies to create curated training datasets or verify and validate on-road issues.
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Case Study: Improving Object Detection Performance by Leveraging Synthetic Data
December 13, 2021
Applied Intuition’s perception team has conducted a case study that uses Spectral synthetic data to improve a perception algorithm’s object detection performance on underrepresented classes in a real-world dataset.
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Announcing the National Security & Defense Advisory Board
December 1, 2021
Applied Intuition, Inc. announces the strategic National Security and Defense Advisory Board composed of recognized former national security and U.S. Department of Defense leaders.
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Announcing Our $175M Series D Funding Co-Led by Elad Gil, Addition, and Coatue Management
November 11, 2021
Applied raises $175M co-led by Elad Gil, Addition (Lee Fixel), and Coatue Management (Thomas Laffont) with significant participation from existing investors, and announces the formation of an automotive advisory board.
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Torc Robotics Collaborates With Applied Intuition to Accelerate Development and Validation of Autonomous Trucks
November 9, 2021
The multi-year, strategic collaboration will help Daimler-Torc’s autonomous vehicles to prepare for unpredictable, potentially dangerous events in the real-world.
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Build Vs. Buy: Strategic Decisions in Procuring Tools for ADAS and AV Development
November 8, 2021
Autonomous vehicle (AV) engineering organizations face the dilemma of building versus buying when it comes to developer tools. This blog post will lay out some of the options that autonomy teams consider when choosing the right tools for their testing and development process.
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Applied Intuition’s Simulator Is ISO 26262 Certified!
November 3, 2021
Today, we’re pleased to announce that Applied Inuition’s simulation tool Simian has been ISO 26262 certified by TÜV Nord. Manufacturers of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle (AV) systems can rely on Simian as a core part of their validation workflow.
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Using Re-Simulation to Verify an AV Stack Against Disengagements
October 18, 2021
This blog post discusses how open-loop log replay and re-simulation evaluate the performance of perception and localization systems and motion planning and control systems, respectively, to comprehensively verify and validate a full AV stack against disengagements.
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A Primer on ASAM OpenSCENARIO V2.0 and Its Importance for ADAS and AV Development
September 27, 2021
Abstract, logical, and concrete scenarios play an essential role in testing, validating, and certifying the safety of automated driving systems. OpenSCENARIO V2.0 will make it easier to create and transfer abstract scenarios between tools.
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Glass and Color: Designing the Fourth Iteration of Applied’s Brand Language
September 22, 2021
Every year, we evolve Applied’s brand language to reflect the evolution of our company. The focus of this year was driven by our progression to be a ‘software tools provider for all vehicles’ and our decision to bring products out of stealth.
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Announcing Applied’s Re-Simulation Tool Logstream
September 21, 2021
The log re-simulation tool Logstream enables AV and ADAS engineering teams to analyze disengagement events, evaluate stack performance, and bring safe autonomous systems to market faster.
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How AV and ADAS Systems Engineers Can Use Public Road Drive Data to Verify Requirements Automatically
September 13, 2021
It has been historically difficult to verify requirements using public road drive data. Applied Intuition’s “scenario search” automates the error-prone and time-consuming work involved in existing approaches.
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Introducing Basis and Strada: Tools for V&V and Drive Data Exploration
September 9, 2021
The V&V platform Basis and the drive data exploration tool Strada allow AV and ADAS engineering teams to prepare for long-tail events and deploy safe automated driving systems to the public.
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A Computationally Efficient, Machine Learning-Based Approach to Identify Failure Cases for AV Validation
July 1, 2021
An efficient approach to find failing cases in exponentially large parameter spaces is required. Learn about an ML-based approach to complement your existing validation workflows.
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Impacting Worldwide Autonomy Programs at the Cross-Function of Business and Engineering
May 12, 2021
Applied's application software engineers (ASEs) play a critical role throughout the customer’s AV development journey. Here's a look at how they support AV development teams using their domain expertise.
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Approaches to Simulating Autonomous System Coordination and Task Allocation in Multi-Robot Systems
May 10, 2021
There are increasingly more commercial applications for autonomous multi-robot systems. We discuss examples of use cases and testing considerations to ensure the safety and advancement of the system algorithms.
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Achieving Higher Fidelity Sensor Models with Ray Tracing and Vulkan API
April 5, 2021
The Applied team is building Vulkan rendering capabilities. Learn how ray tracing can improve the fidelity and performance of sensor data for perception system development.
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Inside the Process: Building 3D Environment Visualization for Applied’s Core Simulator
March 29, 2021
This is the first post of the series to share behind-the-scene engineering work at Applied. We'll share our journey of building out a mission-critical component of our software, visualizer.
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From Research to Production: Strategies for Perception Simulation (Part 2 of 2)
March 29, 2021
The Applied team evaluates the common perception simulation approaches against five key requirements. Simulated lidar can be almost indistinguishable from real data through detailed sensor validation.
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From Research to Production: Strategies for Perception Simulation (Part 1 of 2)
March 25, 2021
There are multiple forms of perception simulations. Which approach is the most suitable for training and validation for production deployment?
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Open Standards and Their Critical Role in AV/ADAS Development
March 11, 2021
Applied is a supporter of open standards for simulation tests and is an active participant in the ASAM projects. Here’s a look at how Applied works with the standards and addresses their limitations today.
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Overcoming Rigorous Verification Challenges in Autonomous Systems Development
February 1, 2021
While it is tempting to use formal methods ‘for everything’, it is more effective to use the right mix of methods at the required level of verification and validation for developing and deploying L3+ autonomous systems.
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Approaches to Requirements Management and Traceability in ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Development
December 17, 2020
The Applied team discusses approaches taken by traditional and ML-driven companies to manage increasingly more complex requirements throughout the AV development lifecycle.
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Quantifying Known and Unknown Metrics in ADAS and AV Development
November 4, 2020
With large volumes of data generated in AV development from drives and simulations, making effective use of data can be challenging. The Applied team discusses how to effectively use data to track progress on known requirements and uncover gaps in coverage.
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Announcing $125M Series C From Existing Investors Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and General Catalyst
October 22, 2020
We’ve raised a Series C financing round to expand our product portfolio, strengthen our global footprint, and continue to support new and existing customers.
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Improving Perception Algorithms and Reducing Cost Per Bounding Box Through Synthetic Data
September 12, 2020
Annotating and curating datasets from the real-world driving data is a common approach for training AV algorithms, yet it is expensive, biased, prone to errors, and limited in scale. Learn how to use synthetic data to overcome these challenges.
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From a Block of Clay to a City: Designing the Second Iteration of Applied’s Brand Language
September 10, 2020
Applied’s updated brand and website features over 20 completely custom animations. Learn about our process of visualizing the complex and abstract concepts of AV software development.
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Progression, Regression, and Modular Testing for Level 2 to Level 4 Autonomous Vehicle Systems
August 17, 2020
No company is too early to implement simulation and automated CI testing regardless of their stage of autonomous vehicle development. The Applied team discusses best practices for setting up tests to speed up the deployment of autonomous algorithms.
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From Procedural Generation to Determinism: Approaches to Simulating Synthetic Perception Data for Autonomous Driving
July 6, 2020
Sensor simulation for autonomous driving systems is an exceedingly difficult task, requiring high-fidelity simulations that could be processed in real-time. There are techniques that could be used to accurately test your perception system.
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Using Domain Coverage to Measure an Automated Driving System’s Performance in a Given ODD
June 4, 2020
With the limitations of requirements and scenario coverage approaches, domain coverage measured on ODDs may be a practical approach to evaluate progress in the autonomy roadmap.
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ISO 26262, SOTIF, and Simulation in Autonomy Systems
May 11, 2020
We discuss how simulation fits into frameworks for building safety critical systems, recent standardization efforts around this technology, and the requirements for simulation tools to support this use case.
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Procedural Generation With Applied Intuition and Toyota
November 8, 2019
Toyota Research Institute - Advanced Development uses Applied’s synthetic data creation capabilities to develop realistic environments for the Lexus LF30 virtual reality experience at the Tokyo Motor Show.
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Behind the Scenes: Life at Applied Intuition
October 10, 2019
Our recruiting video has been a hit. Peek into how we created an authentic video in collaboration with Slow Clap.
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Announcing a $40M Series B Funding Led by General Catalyst
September 12, 2019
Fresh round of funding is raised to support our growing business and international expansion.
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August 10, 2019
There might be a particular sequence of events that must occur to enable mass commercial deployment of self-driving cars.
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Inside the Process: Creating a New Brand for Applied Intuition
April 2, 2019
Our Design Lead shares his thorough approach to our company rebrand.
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April 2, 2019
We’re updating our company branding to reflect our new vision and product offerings.
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Applied Intuition Joins PAVE
March 26, 2019
We join a coalition to enhance public and policymakers’ understanding of how autonomous vehicles should be safely tested and deployed.
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