A driver of an ADAS vehicle, who isn’t paying attention to the road, is cruising at 20 mph. Directly ahead, a large pick-up truck stops abruptly. Its bed is filled with lumber, much of which is jutting out the back and into the lane. As the distance between the two vehicles quickly shrinks, the vehicle’s domain controller must make a series of critical assessments to avoid a collision. However, this is dependent on the perception system’s ability to detect the lumber…

An ADAS vehicle is traveling down a residential block on a sunny afternoon when the air is relatively still. A balloon from a child’s birthday party comes floating across the road. Can the vehicle's perception system detect the object and classify the balloon to determine whether it’s a threat?

A distracted driver is cruising down a city street at 35mph in an ADAS vehicle, driving too close to the vehicle in front of it. Suddenly, the vehicle ahead swerves out of the lane, narrowly avoiding a black trash can that has fallen off a garbage truck. To avoid collision, the ADAS system must make a rapid series of assessments…

Relying on the vehicle to navigate, the driver of an ADAS-equipped vehicle has stopped paying attention while traveling down a four-lane road. Ahead, a semi-truck towing a flatbed trailer is slowly traversing across the road. As the distance between the vehicle and the trailer shrinks rapidly, can the vehicle’s path planning software make the critical decision about whether to swerve or slam on the brakes before it’s too late?