Subaru and Dell continue the development of AI for driving assistance

Subaru Corporation cooperate with Dell Technology to improve driver safety in assisted driving through a powerful combination of artificial intelligence and high performance storage. The partnership, Dell points out, is indicative of the huge impact artificial intelligence is having on changing one of the most common forms of transportation – the car – with the goal of making it safer for drivers, passengers and pedestrians.

“Through data-driven innovation, Subaru will help drivers make decisions better on the road, reducing the risk of accidents. Dell Technologies, thanks to its AI development infrastructure, is responsible for enabling this development“, he announced Arthur Lewis, president of the Infrastructure Solutions Group at Dell Technologies. “Dell PowerScale, an AI-ready data platform, enables companies like Subaru to integrate, analyze and leverage data to deliver critical business insights that transform industries like automotive.“.

Subaru has the ability to store, manage and use large amounts of data for the development of next-generation technology – Optical Driver Assistance Technology – through storage systems Dell PowerScale connected to the internet. Available in more than 5.5 million EyeSight-equipped vehicles, EyeSight Driver Assist technology monitors traffic flow, improves speed control and warns drivers if the vehicle drifts out of its lane. PowerScale meets IT’s growing needs for AI modeling and validation, enabling you to increase capacity and performance wherever your data resides.

Subaru Lab, an artificial intelligence development center founded in 2020, can store approximately 1,000 times more files on Dell PowerScale systems compared to previously used platforms. Subaru can now improve AI image analysis by easily accessing files stored on PowerScale systems deployed to i. data center of Subaru Lab and Tokyo offices, operations that were previously impossible. The ability to easily add and use data in all areas has expanded the possibilities of business development.

“As a brand that has built its reputation on reliability, we are committed to developing artificial intelligence to increase the reliability of our vehicles.“, he announced Takashi Kanai, deputy head of SUBARU Lab and manager of ADAS development department, PGM (Advanced Integrated System), Engineering Division.. “While system and storage requirements continue to evolve, we are confident that Dell PowerScale is the right choice as the underlying infrastructure for EyeSight Driver Assist technology, enabling us to advance our AI initiatives to improve safety.“.

EyeSight – highlights the company – is the first system in the world to use exclusively stereo camera technology to provide driver assistance features such as pre-collision brakingwhich detects not only cars but also pedestrians and motorcycles in the lane, with adaptive cruise control.

A study conducted by Subaru, based on data from the Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis (ITARDA), showed that the accident rate for vehicles with optical devices in Japan is 0.06%.

Dell PowerScale – a flexible, secure and efficient file storage system that helps customers accelerate modern workloads such as analytics and artificial intelligence – enables Subaru Lab to easily partition data into multi-tier storage options at a low cost in the environment. cloud public, private or hybrid. Subaru Labs can also quickly search and retrieve data wherever it sits to run image analysis through artificial intelligence.