California-based Nuro is working with Israeli verification and validation firm Foretellix to accelerate the safe and large-scale deployment of autonomous vehicles for last-kilometre deliveries.

Foretellix and Nuro will collaborate to develop an extended library of scenarios for urban environments. This will enable automated virtual testing of the Nuro Driver using Foretellix’s Foretify platform and Nuro’s simulator. Nuro Driver is an integrated autonomous driving system consisting of AI-first software and custom-built sense and compute hardware.

The Foretify safety-driven verification platform provides a unified flow that combines real-world test drives and hyper-scale simulation.

“Nuro takes safety extremely seriously,” said Sreeja Roy Singh, head of systems engineering at Nuro. “Foretellix’s safety-driven verification and validation technology supports that commitment while accelerating our development and path to commercialisation. Foretellix’s leadership in using OpenScenario 2.0 for abstract scenario description and testing automation will play a critical role in Nuro’s development process. It allows us to make our research and development more efficient, while ensuring our technology operates safely in real-world scenarios.”

The goal of this partnership is to reduce Nuro’s R&D costs, while improving the quality and safety of the Nuro Driver. These benefits are achieved through the automatic generation of millions of relevant and meaningful test scenarios by Foretellix’s constrained-random test generator. This ensures proper operational design domain (ODD) coverage and uncovers edge cases that might impose safety risks.

The Foretellix technology accelerates and elevates Nuro’s development and issue resolution process. It can automatically analyse driving logs collected by Nuro test vehicles and replay multiple variations in virtual testing. It systematically measures testing coverage, performance metrics and safety checks across both virtual testing and physical drives. It also provides Nuro’s engineers with tools for large-scale issue triage that help pinpoint the root cause of problems more quickly and with less effort.

“We are excited to partner with Nuro,” said Ziv Binyamini, Foretellix CEO. “We share Nuro’s passion and vision for safe autonomy that improves daily life for millions of people. We are looking forward to working with Nuro and helping them deliver on their vision faster and more efficiently.”

This partnership underscores Nuro’s commitment to commercialising safely level-four autonomous technology at scale across commercial and consumer applications.

Founded in 2016, Nuro (nuro.ai) is an autonomous technology company with vehicles on the road in California and Texas. The company’s core technology is the Nuro Driver integrated autonomous driving system consisting of AI-first software and custom-built sense and compute hardware. The first commercial application is autonomous goods delivery with custom, electric, zero-occupant vehicles in partnership with brands such as Uber and FedEx.

Foretellix (www.foretellix.com) is a provider of safety-driven verification and validation products for automated driving systems and ADAS. Its Foretify platform helps automotive, trucking and mining users ensure safety, reduce development costs and accelerate time to market. Foretellix is headquartered in Israel, with offices in the USA, Europe and Asia.