30 years on the road and counting...
Bringing Autonomous Driving
to reality
Fully AI-based autonomous driving software stack efficiently running on Ambarella CV3-AD processors. From silicon to software, every detail matters.
Technology at a Glance
Vertically integrated AD stack from sensing to driving — software, silicon, and sensing designed together to improve overall efficiency
Fully owned toolchain, from data acquisition, to labelling, to testing — shortening the loop boosts speed and accuracy
25+ Years on Public Roads
VisLab shaped the field of autonomous driving — from ARGO (1998) to production-ready deployment today.
Fully AI-Based
Pure AI approach without reliance on HD maps. Towards real-time E2E with VLM for slow stack on the same chip.
Vertical Integration
Software, hardware, and sensing technology designed together within Ambarella. Efficiency improves when software and hardware are matched.
CV3-AD Platform
Full stack running on a single chip: scalable 5nm SoC for L2 to L4: unified SDK, high power efficiency, modern GenAI support, and patented CVflow® IP.
Pioneering autonomous driving since 1998
It all started when Autonomous Driving was unexplored terrain; then several decades of development, tests, and real challenges — VisLab left its footprint in the history of this field, reaching iconic milestones.
Consider the companies pursuing autonomous driving today. How many of them existed in 1998, during our ARGO project’s 2,000-kilometer autonomous journey?
ARGO and MilleMiglia
TerraMax — DARPA Grand Challenge
Porter and VIAC
Cars or Robotaxis?
Although robotaxis are already operating in several parts of the world, most current solutions achieve autonomy by relying on shortcuts such as HD maps, expensive high-performance sensors, and massive onboard computing power with significant energy consumption. Our goal is different: to deliver scalable autonomy through an efficient, AI-based approach where software, hardware, and sensors are designed together to maximize performance while minimizing cost, power, and operational complexity.
We are working to deliver safety through autonomy to all our future cars (not just robotaxis!)
Technical direction
Our technical direction combines decades of leadership in computer vision and silicon architecture with a shared focus on bringing safe, efficient autonomous driving from research to reality.
Alberto Broggi
General Manager, VisLab
General Manager at VisLab and formerly full professor of computer engineering at the University of Parma. Widely considered a leading pioneer in machine vision for automotive applications, he has been active in autonomous driving R&D for over twenty-five years. IEEE and IAPR Fellow; two European Research Council (ERC) recognitions; 2017 IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies for leadership in vehicular perception and worldwide milestones in safe intelligent vehicles. In 2018, Popular Mechanics named his self-driving car patent one of the "15 Patents That Changed the World."
Les Kohn
CTA, Ambarella
Well regarded in Silicon Valley as one of the leading chip architects. Combines experience as a silicon architect with a talent for innovative solutions to complex problems. Prior to Ambarella, CTO and co-founder at Afara (acquired by Sun); later Sun Fellow. Was chief architect at C-Cube (three generations of digital video CODECs, including first single-chip MPEG-2 and HD/multi-stream CODECs). Distinguished engineer at Sun (chief architect of UltraSPARC I and II). Chief architect of the Intel i860; co-architected the National 32000 microprocessor family.
Career
Join us. We are looking for innovators in machine learning, simulation, autonomy, and control. We offer a dynamic, informal, and international environment with daily connections to our colleagues in California, Taiwan, and China.
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Contacts
Address: Parco Area delle Scienze 49, 43124 Parma, Italy
Tel.: +39.0521.16023
Email: info@vislab.it
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VisLab S.r.l.
Registered address: Parco Area delle Scienze 49, 43124 Parma
Tel: +39.0521.16023 · PEC: vislab@mypec.eu
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Company Register: PR-244856
A sole shareholder company under the management and coordination of Ambarella Inc.