Gasgoo Awards 2023 applicant: Lynx and Phoenix Perception Radar Provide 360° Surround Coverage from Arbe Robotics Ltd

Product:  Lynx and Phoenix Perception Radar Provide 360° Surround Coverage 

Description

Arbe’s surround imaging radar, Lynx, processes 24x12 channels and is the only long-range, high resolution, 360° sensing, affordable solution available on the market today. Lynx Imaging Radar was designed to complement Arbe’s flagship product, Phoenix Perception Radar, which processes 48x48 channels. Both radars will work in sync to deliver unified perception and interference avoidance. Together, Phoenix combined with Lynx, provide full sensor coverage around the vehicle, addressing the different requirements in each position to enable unparalleled safety to autonomous vehicles.

Unique advantages

Design： Phoenix optimizes use of space, power consumption, and cost without compromising on safety, and is delivered in a form factor designed to perfectly fit automakers’ current sizing and vehicle mounting specifications. While other sensors require that a multitude of components be attached to the top and sides of the vehicle, ruining the vehicle’s aesthetics, Phoenix is easily integrated in the space designed for basic radar units already in vehicles today, concealed behind the grill or in headlights.   Lynx is designed to be a corner and a back radar for L2+ and higher autonomous vehicles. To achieve true safety and autonomy, L2+ vehicles will require four to six surround imaging radars per vehicle, integrated on top of one or two perception radars. In addition, Lynx can be utilized as a front radar for driver assist systems (ADAS), a new industry vertical for imaging radars, comprising a vast number of vehicles. Several Tier 1s already implement Arbe-based Surround Imaging Radars to offer OEMs a complete 360° solution that is future-proofed and ready for the next generation of perception requirements.  Innovation:  The combination of Lynx and Phoenix provides high-resolution, long-range 360° surround sensing of the vehicle, which is an industry first. Innovative aspects of the solution, include:  Lynx and Phoenix together, resolve a sensor gap for surround installations - by providing a solution to challenging lighting and weather conditions which limit cameras and LiDARs, who also lack the needed long range. Lynx Imaging Radar - a reliable and affordable sensor providing both redundancy and the data diversity critical for safety and rolling out autonomous functionality. Lynx delivers effective sensing in all environment conditions, and gathers the data that optical sensors lack, like velocity, long range, depth perception, and more.  By introducing ultra-high-resolution imaging, Phoenix is the first automotive perception radar to accurately detect stationary objects, making it also the first to meet NHTSA and NCAP requirements, and eliminating a significant cause of autonomous vehicle accidents. Phoenix is the first radar technology detailed enough to enhance perception algorithms, differentiating between static and dynamic objects, allowing continuous tracking of objects outside the line of sight, and predicting future movement direction by using objects’ trajectory. Phoenix is the only Imaging Radar with high resolution in all three dimensions at long range and in all environmental conditions, making it a mandatory sensor suite component to map free space in real time.

Application

Arbe’s 4D Imaging Radar Solution can be applicable to an array of dynamic and static applications.  In dynamic applications, 4D Imaging Radar offers enhanced availability and accuracy for safety and kinematic-based functions, making it the ideal solution for every environmental scenario and geographic terrain. Arbe radar is fully customizable, scaling to meet the real-road needs of ADAS to fully autonomous vehicles.  In static applications, 4D Imaging Radar offers enhanced personal safety and zone protection, traffic flow optimization, and adaptive decision making. Arbe radar is fully operated in all weather and lighting conditions as well as in heavy traffic, enabling surveillance systems to accurately pinpoint potential threats within predefined areas or zones when it matters most, without invading personal privacy.

Prospect

Open to OEM algorithm in the future, Arbe’s radar solutions are designed to enable perception to evolve, and to power the rollout of software—defined features for existing and new customers without the need for additional hardware throughout the vehicle lifecycle. A critical sensor for L2+ and higher autonomy, Arbe solutions will continue to provide full sensing coverage around the vehicle and will deliver advanced sensing and paradigm-changing perception to a wide range of vehicles and applications.