u-blox u-safe end-to-end positioning system

u-blox has introduced u-safe, a functional safety solution for vehicle positioning, designed to accelerate the adoption of autonomous vehicles. u-safe uses components that offer Tier 1 suppliers and OEMs an advanced driver automated and assistance systems (ADAS) positioning solution. Typical use cases include ADAS Level 3 and above applications requiring functional safety features. In addition, ADAS Level 2+ applications can also benefit from this solution to help prepare those systems for a transition into higher levels of automation.

u-safe is designed to simplify the automotive supply chain with a comprehensive solution for customers working on ADAS up to SAE Level 5. Integrated into ADAS and autonomous driving stacks, u-safe represents an additional layer of safety by offering functional safety (ISO-26262 standard) for highly automated and autonomous driving markets.

The end-to-end positioning system provides ASIL-B GNSS localisation for sophisticated safe automotive systems and incorporates u-blox’s ninth generation GNSS technology platform, featuring A9 ASIL-B chipset and module, PointSafe, the u-blox Thingstream IoT platform delivering services to the OEM backend, as well as customised integration support.

The u-blox u-safe solution introduction follows the recently announced partnership with GMV, a company that provides solutions for connected and autonomous vehicles. u-blox and GMV joined forces to bring functional safe E2E positioning solutions to the automotive industry for mass-market applications.