Measuring Trust: Why Metrology Matters in Autonomous Vehicle Perception
We spoke to Paola Iacomussi, Senior Researcher at the Italian National Metrological Institute (INRiM) and lecturer at the University of Turin about one of the less-discussed challenges facing ADAS and autonomous vehicle development: how to build truly trustworthy perception systems. Drawing on three decades of experience in metrology, road-environment characterisation and lighting applications, Paola explores why robust perception is not just about adding more scenarios or sensor modalities, but about understanding uncertainty, calibration and the real-world behaviour of sensors under changing environmental conditions.