Validating ADS toward an industrial scenarios database

Validating AV safety is a crucial part of ongoing research. The approach of separately track-testing sensors and driving algorithms is hardly sufficient to demonstrate AV safety. Scenario-based simulation approaches are necessary complements to the traditional approach, allowing computation of a controlled diversity of key variables in many iterations in a safe, fast and documented way. French car manufacturers Renault and PSA, together with academic researchers (VEDECOM, SystemX) and Tier1 partners (Valeo), propose to address the challenge of demonstrating AV safety by taking into account an array of 'in-the-field' situations.