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NVIDIA Halos Outside-In Safety Agents#

1. Introduction#

Welcome to the documentation of NVIDIA Halos Outside-In Safety (HOISA).

1.1 What is Outside-In Safety?#

Outside-In Safety represents a paradigm shift in industrial safety applications, moving from reactive to preventive approaches. Traditional safety systems often respond to incidents after they occur, but Outside-In safety focuses on:

  1. Early Detection: Identifying potential safety hazards before they become critical

  2. Predictive Analysis: Using data analytics to forecast potential safety issues

  3. Preventive Measures: Implementing safety measures before incidents occur

  4. Continuous Monitoring: Maintaining real-time oversight of safety-critical parameters

1.2 Purpose#

The NVIDIA Halos Outside-In Safety (HOISA) is a comprehensive software framework designed to implement Outside-In safety principles in industrial safety applications. HOISA provides a robust foundation for building systems that:

  • Monitor safety parameters of an industrial environment in real-time

  • Detect potential safety events proactively

  • Communicate safety events to corresponding mitigation mechanisms

  • Maintain continuous safety verification

  • Provide reliable logging and auditing capabilities

1.3 Key Features#

  1. Modular Architecture

    • HOISA is built as a modular framework, allowing system integrators to seamlessly integrate it into targeted environments

    • HOISA is adaptive to a variety of sensor processing pipelines

  2. Safety-Centric Design

    • HOISA is designed adhering to safety standards

  3. Real-time Capabilities

    • Designed to handle real-time safety monitoring and decision-making

    • Supports low-latency communication between components

    • Implements priority-based message handling for critical safety events

  4. Scalable Implementation

    • Can be implemented in small embedded systems to large distributed systems

    • Supports various communication protocols and data formats

    • Allows for incremental safety feature implementation

This documentation covers:

  • Quick-Start-Guide: Set up the environment and use the Metropolis VSS Warehouse Blueprint with the Safety Framework to deploy outside-in safety.

  • Safety Core Guide: Install, run, configure, and troubleshoot the Safety Core in target environments.

  • Deployment: Deploy Halos by profile (base / sil / hil), with the shared setup steps and the agentic deployment skill.

  • Developer Guide: Understand the detailed system design, components, and data flows.

  • Software-in-Loop Testing: Configure and execute simulation-based testing of the system.

API Documentation#