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In autonomous driving, multi-object tracking is a fundamental component that identifies, locates and follows all the relevant objects in the driving scene.  Read how Motional is approaching multi-object tracking with a single, unified model. 

At Motional, we have a rigorous, multifaceted training curriculum, including supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning in simulated environments, ensuring our vehicles are prepared for what they will encounter on the roads. Learn more how we train our autonomous driving system from Motional's President and CEO Laura Major. 

Prediction is the ability to accurately reason a driving environment and anticipate the behavior of other road users.  This technical blog covers Motional's approach to prediction, and how scaling up our  behavior prediction network has been a major part of our vision to develop Large Driving Models (LDMs) that support globally scalable autonomous driving. 

Hear from Motional's President and CEO Laura Major on how we're leveraging the latest breakthroughs in embodied AI and foundation models to develop safe autonomous technology that can effectively scale across cities. 

 In this blog post, we introduce Omnitag, an ML-Powered Multimodal Data Mining Framework that transforms the "dark matter" of autonomy into refined, ready-to-use fuel for next-generation AVs.

At Motional, we are pioneering the next evolution of AV technology by transitioning from traditional rule-based planning systems to an end-to-end machine learning (ML) powered motion planning system. This shift allows us to address some of the key limitations of legacy AV architectures and embrace a future where AVs rapidly learn, adapt, and improve with every mile driven.

Motional is now conducting highway speed testing with our all-electric IONIQ 5 robotaxis. 

Yi Wang, Senior Principal Engineer at Motional, does a deep dive into our approach for scaling our ML pipelines, and demonstrates three example design cases.

Motional's President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Karl Iagnemma will transition to the role of Senior Strategy Advisor. Motional’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Laura Major will take on an expanded leadership role as interim CEO and CTO.

By rethinking system architecture and using machine learning to analyze and process previously discarded low-level radar data, Motional is working on dramatically enhancing radar performance to the point that it rivals the point clouds produced by lidar. 

Motional is part of Pittsburgh’s growing high tech ecosystem, which is providing opportunities for talented innovators to plant their roots in the region, instead of moving away. 

Arthur Safira, a Senior Engineering Director at Motional, talks about his background, his growth at Motional, and his mission to make a positive, large-scale societal impact with technology.

Motional’s all-electric IONIQ 5 robotaxis are trained to ignore all the lights and sights that make Las Vegas a memorable experience. and instead focus solely on safely navigating through the complex driving environment. 

Motional has developed a Second-Stage Vision Network that uses machine learning principles to add important context to our object classifications -- additional fine-grain classification then flows downstream improving our perception, prediction, planning, and control substacks.

When faced with an unusual driving condition, Motional's robotaxis can rely on trained Remote Vehicle Assistance agents to provide guidance on a safe path forward.