Adaptive 3D edge perception platform company Cron AI is working with Israeli firm Innoviz to deliver lidar-based adaptive perception software for smart cities.

The partnership between the 3D data-edge perception platform developer and lidar provider could plug gap between 3D sensing and real-world intelligent transport, smart spaces and security applications.

The collaboration between Innoviz and UK-based Cron AI should accelerate the adoption of the InnovizOne lidar sensor and Cron AI’s SenseEdge platform into the intelligent transport systems, V2X and smart city markets.

SenseEdge, a platform designed to bridge the gap between complex 3D sensing dynamics and real-world applications, is positioned to exploit the features of InnovizOne to make better use of its sensor and scanning resources. InnovizOne’s dense and high-resolution point cloud enables SenseEdge to provide real-time, low latency, highly accurate and reliable object metadata information that is stronger than traditional object detection and tracking.

With mobility and vehicle electrification accelerating at a rapid pace to meet a greener transportation future, Cron AI and Innoviz’s partnership aims to ensure that smart city, road and infrastructure operators also take a forward-looking and connected approach to delivering real-time contextual data about objects that move and interact on roads, including vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians and other road users.

“Our goal is to make it easier and more compelling for new industries to access the huge value of 3D point cloud processed data,” said Tushar Chhabra, CEO of Cron AI. “With InnovizOne, we can now provide customers perception using perception techniques and computing architectures best suited to processing 3D data. This, in turn, means we can remove the layer of choices customers have been forced to make even at the early design stage. In addition to InnovizOne, our SenseEdge rugged edge computing hardware and software platform is expected to support Innoviz’s next generation products, such as the InnovizTwo, which was recently announced.”

The automotive-grade, high-density lidar sensor and rugged perception platform each deliver real-time data for smart city and intelligent transport system applications and connected ecosystems to perform efficiently.

“We are continually seeking ways to reduce cost, risk and time to market for innovators such as Cron AI as we develop new use cases and applications for our lidar sensors,” said Omer Keilaf, CEO of Innoviz.

Innoviz is a provider of technology to put autonomous vehicles on roads. Selected by BMW for its autonomous car programme, Innoviz’s technology will be deployed in BMW’s consumer vehicles. The company is backed by SoftBank Ventures Asia, Samsung, Magna International, Aptiv and Magma Venture Partners.

Tushar Chhabra and Saurav Agarwala founded Cron AI in 2015. It is developing a 3D sensor data edge-processing platform, creating an enabling foundation for applications across mobility, transport infrastructure, smart spaces, automation and security. The SenseEdge platform is architected from the ground up to address the acceleration requirements of 3D sensing perception processing at the edge.

Cron AI is backed by Venture East, Kitaki and Your Nest, accelerated by Techstars and Cisco.