The Lab

Vehicle

The most obvious piece of hardware that we utilize is our Lexus RX450h. It’s not your average SUV, however, as it is equipped with all the sensors that are a prerequisite for basic autonomy. The car and hardware were adapted by AutonomouStuff and everything is running on our in-house software.

For some of the more tech-savvy amongst you, here is a list of all the major pieces of hardware and sensors that we use:

Ouster OS1-128 lidar

Vertical resolution: 128 channels
Horizontal resolution: 512, 1024, or 2048
Horizontal FOV: 360°
Horizontal angular resolution: min 0.17°
Vertical angular resolution: 0.35°
Range: 120 meters
Precision: ±0.7-5 cm
Frame rate: 10 or 20 Hz

Velodyne VLP-32C lidar

Vertical resolution: 32 channels
Horizontal resolution: 900-3600
Horizontal FOV: 360°
Vertical FOV: 40°
Horizontal angular resolution: 0.1°-0.4°
Vertical angular resolution: min 0.33°
Range: 200 meters
Precision: ±3 cm
Frame rate: 5 Hz to 20 Hz

2x Allied Vision Mako G-319C cameras

Resolution: 2064 × 1544
Max frame rate: 37.6 fps
Left camera FOV: 25.3°
Right camera FOV: 32.8°

NovAtel PwrPak7D-E2 GNSS device

Signal tracking: GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
Accuracy: 1 cm + 1 ppm (in practice 5-10 cm)
INS rate: max 200 Hz
RTK service: ESTPOS

Aptiv’s multimode ESR 2.5 radar

Long-range
Range: 174 m
FOV: ±10°
Update rate: 50 ms
Range rate: -100-25 m/s

Mid-range
Range: 60 m
FOV: ±45°
Update rate: 50 ms
Range rate: -100-25 m/s

4x Sekonix cameras (3x SF3324, 1x SF3325)

Resolution: 1928 x 1208
Max frame rate: 27 Hz
SF3324 FOV: 120°
SF3325 FOV: 60°

PACMod by-wire kit

Software control of steering, the throttle and the brake
Controllable over CAN bus
ROS drivers available

AStuff Spectra computer

CPU: Intel Xeon
Memory: 32GB
Storage: 1TB SSD
GPU: NVIDIA RTX2080Ti
Networking: 6x Gigabit Ethernet
OS: Ubuntu 18.04

NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Xavier computer

Two Xavier Systems-on-a-Chip
Deep Learning Accelerators
Built-in efficient video encoders and decoders
16x GMSL camera ports (4 in use for Sekonix cameras)
2 Ethernet ports
6 CAN buses

Comma three devkit (dashcam)

Cameras: two front and one cabin
Lane Keeping, Lane Departure Warning, Driver Monitoring,
Connectivity: LTE, Wi-Fi, GPS, OBD-C for CAN bus