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june 22, 2018 - Toyota

Toyota Research Institute Supports Development of Open-Source Automated Driving Simulator

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is furthering its support of open source platforms by donating $100,000 to the Computer Vision Center (CVC) to accelerate its development of an open source simulator for automated driving, Car Learning to Act (CARLA).

"Technological advances and growth are made possible through collaboration and community support," said Vangelis Kokkevis, Director of Driving Simulation at TRI. "Fostering the development of a common open simulation platform will allow TRI and its academic and industrial partners to better exchange code, information and data."

CARLA is hosted on Github, and its development is directed by the CVC at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in Spain. The non-profit, open source simulator is for the development, training and validation of automated urban driving systems. It is designed to ensure the stability of automated vehicles in myriad situations that are not always testable in the real world. With flexibility and realism in mind, CARLA offers a multitude of environmental conditions and is designed to be extended and easily modified to fit specific project needs.