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DAVID FRITZ
That approach is , of course , totally impractical and not the one preferred by engineers like Fritz and Chandra . “ We ’ re leveraging the formalism and determinism of digital twins of the vehicle ,” explains Fritz . “ It can then be shown to behave just like the physical vehicle it models , and it can be driven in a virtual world with all of its practical and complex scenarios validated .”
Digital Twin Using a digital twin enables Siemens to simulate thousands of scenarios to develop the learning that will ultimately support intelligent and safe decisions . In the virtual world there are no boundaries to the scenarios the vehicle can learn from . “ I can guarantee you that no autonomous vehicle is sitting at the base of a bridge in San Francisco waiting for an
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