Hesai Technology has joined the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab, the first ANSI National Accreditation Board-accredited inspection lab for AI-driven physical systems. As a member, Hesai will evaluate and validate its lidar platforms within a unified framework covering functional safety, cybersecurity, and AI compliance.
Highlights
- Hesai becomes a member of the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab, the first ANAB-accredited facility for testing AI-based physical systems.
- The company has cumulatively delivered more than 2 million lidar units globally across ADAS, autonomous vehicle, and robotics platforms.
- Hesai was recently selected as a lidar partner for NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Hyperion 10, a reference architecture designed to make vehicles Level 4-ready.
- Hesai holds the largest portfolio of ISO 26262 certified lidar products globally, including the first lidar to achieve ASIL B functional safety certification.
What NVIDIA Halos Covers
NVIDIA Halos is a full-stack safety system for physical AI. It unifies safety elements across vehicle and robotics architectures and their underlying AI models. The framework combines hardware and software components, tools, models, and design principles to safeguard AI-based, end-to-end AV and robotics stacks.
“Autonomous systems will only achieve broad adoption if they meet the highest standards of safety and reliability,” said David Li, Co-Founder and CEO of Hesai Technology. “As autonomous vehicles and intelligent machines move toward large-scale deployment, safety becomes the defining requirement for the entire system.”
Hesai’s Safety Architecture
Hesai’s engineering approach centers on its “Safety Triad,” which integrates functional safety, Safety of the Intended Functionality (SOTIF), and cybersecurity across all lidar system designs. The framework is intended to ensure safe deployment in complex real-world environments.
The company introduced the first lidar to obtain ISO 26262 ASIL B Functional Safety Product Certification, accredited by Germany’s SGS TÜV. Hesai also contributes to global lidar safety standards development through ISO TC22 SC32 AHG1, alongside Bosch, Denso, Sony, Nissan, and ZF.
NVIDIA Partnership History
Hesai’s collaboration with NVIDIA dates to 2019. The company’s lidar technology was first integrated with NVIDIA autonomous computing platforms to deliver high-precision ground truth data for ADAS and autonomous driving systems.
Additionally, Hesai was recently selected as a lidar partner for NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Hyperion 10. This reference compute and sensor architecture is designed to make any vehicle Level 4-ready, enabling automakers and developers to build scalable, AI-defined fleets.
Li added: “Our work with NVIDIA began several years ago with the integration of Hesai lidar on NVIDIA autonomous computing platforms. Lidar is often the primary sensor responsible for detecting hazards in the most critical situations on the road. Joining the NVIDIA Halos ecosystem allows us to further strengthen the safety architecture required to bring trusted autonomous technology into everyday use.”
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