Caesium

Caesium, developed by Oxa Autonomy Limited, is a software platform and suite of products that the vendor claims enables businesses to deploy self-driving technology for safer and more efficient operations. According to the vendor, Caesium offers a universal platform for autonomy, precise positioning, intelligent perception, rapid mapping, and smooth vehicle control. It is intended for use by small to large enterprises across various industries, including automotive, logistics and transportation, delivery services, technology, and research and development organizations.

Key Features

Universal platform: According to the vendor, Caesium offers a universal platform for autonomy, allowing businesses to enable, operate, and scale any application of autonomy using a single platform. It combines software for self-driving any vehicles, tools to accelerate deployment, and mission-control software for fleets of autonomous vehicles.

Self-drive any vehicle: The vendor claims that Caesium's Oxa Driver is a full stack of high-performance software components that enable the safe and efficient self-driving of any vehicle, even in challenging environments. It supports any sensor, vehicle, or platform and offers low-energy, high-performance capabilities for precise and safe self-driving.

Virtual testing: According to the vendor, Oxa MetaDriver, a suite of tools within Caesium, combines generative AI, digital twins, and simulation to accelerate machine learning and testing of self-driving technology. It allows businesses to train autonomous vehicle technology, model AV operations using virtual simulation, and achieve over 1,000x faster verification and validation than real-world driving.

Fleet management: The vendor states that Caesium's Oxa Hub serves as the gateway to all the tools and services required to deploy, manage, operate, and analyze self-driving applications. It enables businesses to command, control, and manage fleets of autonomous vehicles, integrating with third-party fleet- and data-management platforms.

Precise positioning: According to the vendor, Caesium ensures extremely high-precision, robust, and reliable positioning of vehicles, even without GPS. This feature enables vehicles to self-drive in demanding locations and scenarios, enhancing overall safety and efficiency.

Intelligent perception: The vendor claims that Caesium's intelligent perception feature accurately detects and predicts the movement of vehicles, people, and objects. It operates in any weather and lighting conditions using any combination of sensors, enabling autonomous vehicles to navigate complex scenes with accuracy and reliability.

Rapid, accurate mapping: According to the vendor, Caesium offers the ability to generate highly detailed and automatically annotated maps from third-party and captured data sources. This feature eliminates the need for costly and challenging HD Maps, streamlining the deployment process of autonomous vehicles.

Smooth, safe vehicle control: The vendor claims that Caesium ensures safe and optimal path planning and vehicle control, customizable to match any human driving profile. It provides comfortable and reassuring passenger experiences in autonomous vehicles, enhancing overall performance and user experience.