Research Projects

just better DATA

Efficient and highly accurate data generation for AI applications in autonomous driving

Start: 07/2023

End: 06/2026

https://https://www.justbetterdata.de/en/home/

The primary objective of jbDATA is to develop and implement AI-based methods and tools to collect data for the field of autonomous driving with high accuracy and efficiency. A novel aspect is that jbDATA shifts data evaluation to the Edge, i.e., in the capturing vehicle.

Instead of uploading all data to the Cloud as before, recorded data will be pre-processed, evaluated, and sorted for further processing and storage using the Smart Data Loop, which will also be developed as part of the project. Data will be anonymized, analyzed for data gaps, and, where necessary, enriched with synthetic data using methods to be developed in the project.

Test vehicles, including one from the FZI, are used to exemplarily record a data set intended to serve as the foundation for a comprehensive, industrially usable data set. Additionally, jbDATA plans to make the data set collected in the project widely accessible for research beyond the consortium.

Role of the FZI

The FZI’s initial focus is on determining requirements and designing databases and data sets. Based on this, methods are developed to automatically detect unusual cases (‘corner cases’) and intelligently and efficiently capture data directly at the Edge. To expand the data sets, synthetic data is subsequently added to them. Active learning, domain adaptation, and data augmentation methods are used for this purpose.

Contact

Dr.-Ing. Hendrik Königshof

Department Manager

Division: Intelligent Systems and Production Engineering

Research Focus

Applied Artificial Intelligence

In this research focus, the FZI concentrates on practical research into the key technology of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Innovative AI solutions are developed and transferred to application areas such as mobility, robotics, healthcare technology, logistics, production, and supply and disposal on behalf of our partners and customers.

Intelligent Transportation Systems and Logistics

Intelligente Lösungen für den Transport von Menschen und Gütern für die Mobilität der Zukunft stellen einen Schwerpunkt der FZI-Forschung dar. Dazu entwickelt das FZI integrierte Mobilitätssysteme – von der Fahrzeugautomatisierung über die Anwendung von KI in Verkehrssystemen bis zur urbanen Mobilität und Logistik.

Funding notice:

just better DATA is a project of the KI Familie. It was initiated and developed by the VDA Leitinitiative autonomous and connected driving and is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

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