Delphi Automotive PLC (NYSE: DLPH), a leader in advanced driver
assistance systems, will partner with Ottomatika, Inc., a company
started by Carnegie Mellon University, which provides advanced automated
driving software, to jointly develop technology that will help
accelerate automated driving.
Delphi Automotive's automated driving vehicle (Photo: Business Wire)
Delphi, the company that first introduced automotive radar systems, will
integrate its active safety technologies with Ottomatika’s automated
driving software. The combination of the two creates a technology
platform that enables a vehicle to make human-like decisions when
driving in the city or on the highway. The platform is flexible and can
be expanded and upgraded as the software is updated. It will also
support vehicle-to-environment (V2X) communications.
“Dealing with highly complex real-world decisions is a limitation for
much of the current technology in the market,” said Jeff Owens, Delphi’s
chief technology officer. “This partnership with Ottomatika will
represent a significant step forward in making automated driving a
reality. Your car just got a lot smarter.”
Using their individual strengths, Delphi and Ottomatika have developed a
vehicle platform that can instantaneously make complex decisions, like
stopping and proceeding at a four-way stop, timing a highway merge or
calculating the safest maneuver around a bicyclist on a city street.
Delphi is supporting the collaboration by making an investment in
Ottomatika. Together, the two companies will design a short- and
long-term roadmap of steadily increasing vehicle automation in the
coming years.
“Ottomatika leverages ground-breaking expertise and long-term experience
in vehicle automation,” said Raj Rajkumar, co-founder and CEO,
Ottomatika, Inc. “Delphi and Ottomatika working together have the
potential to solve the automated driving challenge, which makes roads
safer for everyone.”
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About Delphi
Delphi Automotive PLC (NYSE: DLPH) is a leading global supplier of
technologies for the automotive and commercial vehicle markets.
Headquartered in Gillingham, England, Delphi operates major technical
centers, manufacturing sites and customer support services in 32
countries, with regional headquarters in Bascharage, Luxembourg; Sao
Paulo, Brazil; Shanghai, China and Troy, Michigan, U.S. Delphi delivers
innovation for the real world with technologies that make cars and
trucks safer as well as more powerful, efficient and connected. Visit www.delphi.com.
About Ottomatika
Ottomatika, Inc. is a leading vendor of software and systems for
advanced driving assistance and human-in-the-loop vehicle automation
systems. Ottomatika is a spin-off from Carnegie Mellon University and is
headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA. The core team of
Ottomatika has a cumulative experience of multiple decades in building
autonomous vehicle technologies. Ottomatika’s mission is to accelerate
the adoption of vehicular automation technologies in the automotive
marketspace affordably, reliably and safely. Visit www.ottomatika.com.
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