SAE Update - December 2024 - 21

TECH FOCUS:
AI AND AUTOMATION
Zach LaCelle, VP and head of product at Forterra, spoke about softwaredefined
vehicles and off-highway autonomy at COMVEC 2024.
variety of complex and cutting-edge algorithms, and
make decisions in split seconds in order to operate in a
complicated environment. Each small technology
decision, each tweak to a configuration or an algorithm,
and each decision on capabilities to pursue has a
myriad of downstream impacts that we have to predict
and plan for. And we must achieve this with a product
and user-focused mindset, constrained in size, power,
and compute. The constraints are part of the fun of the
challenge!
What are some of the most exciting use cases for
off-road autonomous vehicles?
Off-road autonomy, in my view, is one
of the best markets to pursue in
ground automation. In ports and
logistics centers, driver shortages
and operational inefficiencies cost
both time and money. The
characteristics of the domain,
which is constrained with repeated
operations and a known set of
geographic and object
considerations, helps drive down
technology cost and makes for a
compelling business case. In the
defense space, the off-road
problem is virtually required to
solve for fielding systems in
impactful locations, where
operations must be flexible and
consider more challenging ODDs
that include vegetation, high-dust,
and GNSS and communications
denied situations. The use cases
that these unlock include mobile
support systems, logistics and
transport, and reconnaissance.
Systems that solve these problems
provide a benefit to our
warfighters that, for our folks at
Forterra, are incredibly motivating.
What are some of the biggest
challenges and opportunities
associated with delivering
embedded software into
machines?
One of the large challenges in
software delivery is in updating
and maintaining the product. Due
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