Gasgoo Munich- On March 17, LiDAR manufacturer Hesai Technology announced that it has joined the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab, a global program accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board.
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Through participation in the program, Hesai will evaluate and validate its LiDAR platforms within a unified framework covering functional safety, cybersecurity, and AI compliance. The move is intended to strengthen the reliability and safety verification processes behind sensing technologies used in autonomous vehicles and robotics.
NVIDIA's Halos platform is designed as a full-stack safety framework for what the company describes as “physical AI” systems. It integrates chips, software platforms, development tools, and validation services to support secure development of autonomous technologies.
The architecture aims to provide a consistent safety approach spanning the entire autonomous driving stack—from cloud-based development environments to vehicle-side computing—while supporting AI-driven end-to-end autonomous systems.
According to David Li, co-founder and CEO of Hesai Technology, the widespread adoption of autonomous systems will ultimately depend on achieving the highest standards of safety and reliability. As autonomous vehicles and intelligent robots move toward large-scale deployment, safety validation is becoming an increasingly critical element of system design.
By joining the NVIDIA Halos ecosystem, Hesai expects to further strengthen the safety capabilities of LiDAR-enabled perception systems and contribute to broader commercialization of autonomous technologies.
LiDAR technology plays a central role in the safety architecture of autonomous systems by enabling precise three-dimensional perception of surrounding environments. With the ability to detect objects and interpret road conditions in real time, LiDAR sensors provide critical data that allows autonomous systems to respond to potential hazards.
Hesai has delivered more than two million LiDAR units globally to date. Its sensors are widely used in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles, and robotics platforms, supporting an expanding range of commercial deployments. The company's large-scale sensor deployments have also positioned it as an active contributor to the development of next-generation safety frameworks for autonomous driving systems.
The latest milestone builds on a partnership between Hesai and NVIDIA that dates back to 2019, reinforcing Hesai's position as a key technology partner within NVIDIA's autonomous driving ecosystem.
More recently, Hesai was also selected as a LiDAR partner for the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Hyperion 10 platform. This reference architecture combines computing hardware and sensor configurations designed to help automakers develop Level 4 autonomous driving capabilities, providing a scalable foundation for building AI-powered autonomous vehicle fleets.
