Smart Data-Collection Solution Aids Autonomous-Vehicle Development
Targeting European automakers developing autonomous-driving systems, Swiss AI startup Lightly launched LightlyEdge, an edge-based data-collection solution that tackles a bottleneck in artificial-intelligence (AI) development. The platform captures important data at the source, empowering in-house development by helping identify what's truly relevant.
As AI model sophistication and data redundancy complicate development, LightlyEdge makes intelligent decisions about what data to keep in real-time before it enters the storage and processing pipeline.
The system, which deploys intelligent models directly onto vehicles' cameras and sensors, analyzes video footage and automatically identifies scenarios like a child at a crossroad or an accident in snowy conditions, while ignoring redundant data that adds no value to training datasets. This significantly reduces unnecessary storage and bandwidth costs while optimizing training datasets for real-world driving conditions.
LightlyEdge shifts the intelligence to where it's needed—the edge devices in the vehicle—giving developers real-time feedback and smart capture capabilities directly on the road, with a simple interface.
