Via the simulator, companies can get data from 300,000 miles of driving in a mere five hours. Besides making it possible to cover more miles much more quickly, the simulator also makes it easier to test how a self-driving car algorithm will perform in tricky scenarios.
The technology is designed to allow automakers and others to validate their technology on billions of driving miles and increase the strength of their algorithms by repeatedly testing difficult scenarios, which would be impractical in the real world.More at Reuters.
The software can simulate glare at sunset, snowstorms, poor road surfaces and dangerous situations to test the vehicle’s ability to react.