[gpfsug-discuss] Improving Testing Efficiency with IBM Spectrum Scale for Automated Driving

[Frank Kraemer]

In the press today: "Tesla Autopilot partner Mobileye comments on fatal
crash, says tech isn’t meant to avoid this type of accident."
http://electrek.co/2016/07/01/tesla-autopilot-mobileye-fatal-crash-comment/

"Tesla’s autopilot system was designed in-house and uses a fusion of dozens
of internally- and externally-developed component technologies to determine
the proper course of action in a given scenario. Since January 2016,
Autopilot activates automatic emergency braking in response to any
interruption of the ground plane in the path of the vehicle that
cross-checks against a consistent radar signature. In the case of this
accident, the high, white side of the box truck, combined with a radar
signature that would have looked very similar to an overhead sign, caused
automatic braking not to fire.”

More testing is needed ! Finding a way to improve ADAS/AD testing
throughput by factor.

more HiL tests would have better helped to avoid this accident I guess, as
white side box trucks are very common on the roads arent't they? So another
strong reason to use GPFS/SpectrumScale/ESS filesystems to provide video
files to paralell HiL stations for testing and verification using IBM AREMA
for Automotive as essence system in order to find the relevant test cases.

Facts:

Currently most of the testing is done by copying large video files from
some kind of "slow" NAS filer to the HiL stations and running the HiL test
case from the internal HiL disks. A typical HiL test run takes 7-9min while
the copy alone takes an additional 3-5 min upfront depending on the setup.
Together with IBM partner SVA we tested to stream these video files from a
ESS GL6 directly to the HiL stations without to copy them first. This
worked well and the latency was fine and stable. As a result we could
improve the number of HiL test cases per month by a good factor without
adding more HiL hardware.

See my presentation from the GPFS User Day at SPXXL 2016 in Garching
February 17th 2016
9:00 - 9:30 Improving Testing Efficiency with IBM Spectrum Scale for
Automated Driving
https://www.spxxl.org/sites/default/files/GPFS-AREMA-TSM_et_al_for_ADAS_AD_Testing-Feb2016.pdf

More:
http://electrek.co/2015/10/14/tesla-reveals-all-the-details-of-its-autopilot-and-its-software-v7-0-slide-presentation-and-audio-conference/

-frank-

P.S. HiL = Hardware in the Loop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware-in-the-loop_simulation

Frank Kraemer
IBM Consulting IT Specialist  / Client Technical Architect
Am Weiher 24, 65451 Kelsterbach
mailto:kraemerf at de.ibm.com
voice: +49-(0)171-3043699 / +4970342741078
IBM Germany
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