UC Berkeley FHL Vive Center Teams Up with BeamNG
March 28 2024 - 1:53PM
Business Wire
FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality at the University of
California, Berkeley, an engineering academic center devoted to
research on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR), and
Augmented Reality (AR), announces its newest industry partnership
with BeamNG, a leading simulation engine software company based in
Bremen, Germany.
Among FHL Vive Center’s projects, the Robot Open Autonomous
Racing (ROAR) program has the most synergies with BeamNG. ROAR
oversees the multi-university AI Racing Tech team, currently the
top-ranked U.S. team in the international Indy Autonomous
Challenge, sending faculty and students around the globe to compete
with driverless racecars on legendary courses from Indianapolis to
Monza.
Such feats require advanced simulation environments testing
autonomous software stacks in a real-world setting. This
“Sim-to-Real” technology carries implications not only for the
future of transportation, but also for other high-stakes fields
demanding critical assurance, such as aerospace, defense, and
healthcare.
AI Racing Tech is a leading developer of simulation
environments, already supporting integration with BeamNG products.
This new partnership will formalize a mutually beneficial
relationship incorporating educational and research opportunities,
software licensing, technical support, and the like.
“We welcome this opportunity to collaborate with a company that
shares our passion for autonomous racing and the advanced
technologies and challenging science behind it,” says Shankar
Sastry, ROAR faculty director and Thomas M. Siebel Professor in
Computer Science at UC Berkeley, “particularly the exceptional
vehicle physics and sensor physics technology for which BeamNG is
well-known.”
“This partnership is set to bring together BeamNG’s expertise in
simulation technology with Berkeley’s impressive record in academia
and research,” says Thomas Fischer, CEO of BeamNG. “Through mutual
growth and innovation, we aim to push the boundaries in vehicle
dynamics, safety, AI, and simulation capabilities to contribute to
more realistic and efficient simulation technologies and pave the
way for breakthroughs in research and industry.”
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About FHL Vive Center
FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality at the University of
California, Berkeley, sponsors cross-disciplinary research and
develops applications in the emergent fields of Artificial
Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR), and Augmented Reality
(AR). Its programs include Robot Open Autonomous Racing (ROAR),
home of AI Racing Tech, currently the top-ranked U.S. team in the
international Indy Autonomous Challenge.
About BeamNG
BeamNG is a global technology company dedicated to the
development of a dynamic simulation platform. Its proprietary soft
body physics engine is built in-house and enables highly realistic,
real-time simulations. Since 2013, BeamNG’s software has been
successfully integrated into commercial and academic research and
design projects, contributing to a variety of applications from
autonomous driving systems to driver training programs.
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