VERSES and Volvo Cars Demonstrate Pedestrian Vehicle Safety

VERSES AI Inc. has announced initial results from its Genius™ Beta Partner collaboration with Volvo Cars, demonstrating advancements in autonomous vehicle safety. Their co-authored paper utilizes algorithms to predict the movement of pedestrians, cyclists, and cars that may be hidden behind stationary objects, addressing a key challenge in autonomous driving safety. CEO Gabriel René emphasized that current AI systems struggle with predicting unseen obstacles, which hampers industry progress. The research showcases improved prediction capabilities using the Waymo dataset, potentially enhancing safety for all road users. The findings can be accessed on VERSES’ website or Arxiv.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VERSES AI Inc. (CBOE:VERS) (OTCQX:VRSSF) (“VERSES” or the “Company”), a cognitive computing company specializing in next generation intelligent systems, today announces the initial results of the Genius™ Beta Partner collaboration and the publishing of a paper co-authored by research teams at both Volvo Cars and VERSES. The paper uses VERSES’ algorithms to predict the appearance of pedestrians, cyclists, and cars that are obscured behind stationary vehicles and objects. An advancement beyond current capabilities of autonomous vehicle AI.

“As the automotive industry progresses towards fully autonomous self-driving cars, predicting where unseen obstacles like people or bicyclists may be or which trajectory they may be on has been a significant unsolved safety challenge. We believe the inability of current autonomous driving systems to overcome this hurdle is holding back the AV industry worldwide. Volvo Cars is globally recognized for its unwavering commitment to vehicle safety. So, they were the perfect partner to work with to showcase how VERSES can help solve this problem,” said Gabriel René, CEO of VERSES. “We believe this research project with Volvo Cars; part of our Genius Beta project, demonstrates a major advancement in autonomous vehicle safety capability. We expect the research project to pave the way for safer streets for pedestrians, cyclists, cars, robots, and beyond.”

The paper titled, “Navigation under uncertainty: trajectory prediction and occlusion reasoning with switching dynamical systems,” can be found on VERSES’ website or on Arxiv here: https://arxiv.org/html/2410.10653v1

The paper explores a way to predict the trajectory of movement for people, animals, and objects occurring behind stationary objects like parked cars to help vehicles and drivers avoid them if the people enter the street unexpectedly. The research presents completed experiments illustrating capabilities using the Waymo open dataset. The results demonstrate significant improvements in predicting animals, people, and objects entering the street; something that vehicles with current AI have not been able to do.

About VERSES

VERSES is a cognitive computing company building next-generation intelligent software systems modeled after the wisdom and genius of Nature. Designed around first principles found in science, physics and biology, our flagship product, Genius™, is a toolkit for developers to generate intelligent software agents that enhance existing applications with the ability to reason, plan, and learn. Imagine a Smarter World that elevates human potential through technology inspired by Nature. Learn more at verses.ai, LinkedIn and X.

On behalf of the Company 
Gabriel René, Founder & CEO, VERSES AI Inc.
Press Inquiries: press@verses.ai 

Investor Relations Inquiries 
U.S., Matthew Selinger, Partner, Integrous Communications, mselinger@integcom.us 415-572-8152
Canada, Leo Karabelas, President, Focus Communications, info@fcir.ca 416-543-3120

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