Kodiak sparse maps: doing more with less

<p>People think of autonomous vehicle development as a fundamentally iterative process: you build something that can drive for a few feet, then a few yards, then a mile, you get a little better every day, and eventually your vehicle can drive itself. At Kodiak, we think AV development is more like building a house: first you build a solid foundation, then carefully choose the style and materials you need to match the kind of house you want. Similarly, the basic architecture of a self-driving system fundamentally shapes its long-term capabilities: decisions that help a vehicle perform well under certain conditions can be serious hindrances in others. After all, the deep basement that makes for a solid home in New England makes for a sinkhole in Florida. Unless you choose the right fundamental architecture from Day 1, it can be very difficult to re-engineer your system on Day 1000.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/kodiak-robotics/kodiak-sparse-maps-doing-more-with-less-eb531c756f8a"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>