BMW M8

Features 

Sensors

  • 8 LUCID TRI028S RGB cameras
  • 1 FLIR ADK thermal camera
  • 1 Ouster OS1-128 LiDAR
  • 1 InnovizOne LiDAR
  • 4 Continental ARS 548 RDI 4D radars
  • 4 Nanoradar SR73 radars
  • 1 iMAR iNAT-M300 INS positioning system

Actuation

  • BMW ZGW for direct access to the longitudinal and lateral car dynamics

Data processing and storage

  • bplus Datalynx ATX4 HP-CarPC with Ubuntu
  • bplus BRICK data logger and storage

Software stack

  • ROS 2 and Autoware 

Application

  • Research in the field of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV)
  • Rapid prototyping and integration of new components into a ROS 2 reference architecture for testing automated driving functions
  • Integration and individual swapping of software applications via standardised interfaces (ASAM OpenX) and containerisation 

Testing 

  • Testing of new perception algorithms and automated driving functions
  • Testing of new sensor configurations enabled by Ethernet-based E/E Architecture
  • Testing in simulation, the cloud and in a test vehicle