Argo

Type

• As part of their AI revolution, Argo is aiming to rapidly improve the cameras and sensors to generate data with autonomous vehicles. As the amount of information being fed to the IVI (in-vehicle infotainment) units or telematic system grows, vehicles will be able to capture and share not only internal system status and location data but also the changes in its surroundings (all in real time.)ARGO AI’s self-driving system (SDS) is the first with commercial deployment plans for Europe and the U.S. and the automakers’ global reach means the platform has the largest geographic deployment potential of any autonomous driving technology to date.Autonomous vehicles are being fitted with sensors, cameras and communication systems to enable the vehicle to generate massive amount of data which when applied with AI, enables the vehicle to see, hear, think and make decision just like human drivers do.

  AI use

• Using AI to build Autonomous Vehicles that drive themselves like human drivers and mainly to provide these vehicles with the sensory functions and cognitive functions (such as memory, logical thinking, decision making, learning and executive capabilities) that humans use to drive vehicles.

Rate of return on customer’s investment to make AI work

Immediate:

• Volkswagen and Ford earned reputation within the autonomous industry and shared the development costs.

Long term:

• Volkswagen joined Ford in investing in the self-driving tech company to better serve their future customers while improving cost and capital efficiencies.

Databases

• Cloud support infrastructure

Quantum Computing

• While self-driving cars will have OTA (Over-The-Air) electronic communications capabilities (acquiring system updates for the on-board AI system from the cloud and to push data collected by the self-driving car up to the cloud), quantum computers could improve on cloud efficiencies.
• Another facet of utilizing quantum computers while in-the-cloud, would be to use them for scheduling car traffic and undertaking traffic management. Once there is a prevalence of driverless cars, they could interact and coordinate to reduce traffic congestion. Besides electronically communicating with each other via V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) electronic communication, and via V2I (vehicle-to-infrastructure) communication, they might also interact with a “master” traffic management system that is trying to even out the flow of thousands of cars on the roadways. That being said, the on-board AI could certainly consult with the quantum computer in the cloud, doing so to get an added “opinion” about a driving issues.

Assets

• Fully Autonomous cars technology
• Navigation technology
• Computer science skills
• Diverse team of high skilled individuals

Processes

• The ability to move goods around in a highly coordinated fashion
• Autonomous ride-sharing services
• Designated drop-off and pick-up zones in line with cities improvement
• Connected and optimized transportation systems
• Rigorous development in the lab, via computer simulation
• The testing process: 1. Development testing, 2. Simulation/Resimulation testing, 3. Closed course testing, 4. Public road testing

Priorities

• Safety is the foundational value upon which all others are built
• Customers trust and acceptance
• Data and existing controls evaluation to identify and implement areas of improvement
• Risk management and comprehensive risk assessments
• Promote the culture through training and communications