TIER IV and TUM Bring NVIDIA Hyperion to German Level 4 Projects

Oct 22, 2026
TIER IV and the Technical University of Munich will integrate NVIDIA Hyperion and Halos into Autoware projects for Level 4 autonomous driving in Germany.

TIER IV and the Technical University of Munich will integrate NVIDIA Hyperion and the NVIDIA Halos safety system into Autoware projects across Germany, the partners said in a press release. The collaboration covers Level 4 autonomous vehicles and robotaxis.

The work builds on the TUM Autoware Research Center that TIER IV recently established. Researchers will combine Autoware software with Hyperion configurations that use two NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor computing systems.

The partners will use the platform to build, test and validate autonomous driving systems on German roads. Planned applications include autonomous public transportation and robotaxis.

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