Land Rover is making all-terrain autonomy a reality

Jaguar Land Rover is developing autonomous cars capable of all-terrain, off-road driving in any weather condition. The world-first 'CORTEX' project will take self-driving cars off-road, ensuring they are fully capable in any weather condition - dirt, rain, ice, snow or fog. As part of the project, a '5D' technique combining acoustic, video, radar, light detection and distance sensing (LiDAR) data live in real-time is being engineered.

Access to this combined data improves the awareness of the environment the car is in. Machine-learning enables the self-driving car to behave in an increasingly sophisticated way, allowing it to handle any weather condition on any terrain. Jaguar Land Rover is developing fully and semi-automated vehicle technologies, offering customers a choice of the level of automation, while maintaining an enjoyable and safe driving experience.

This project forms part of the company's vision to make the self-driving car viable in the widest range of real-life, on and off-road driving environments and weather. CORTEX will develop the technology through algorithm development, sensor optimisation and physical testing on off-road tracks in the U.K.