The electronic copilot for an autonomous vehicle-state of development

Author

Ameling, Christian ; Kirchner, Alexander

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

162

Lastpage

167

Abstract

Gives an outline of the current state of development of an electronic copilot (ECP). The ECP is used within an autonomous vehicle as a partially redundant system for the vehicle control. The ECP receives the necessary information about the positions and relative velocities of obstacles from various sources such as laser scanner or vision sensors. The algorithms for emergency braking and avoiding stationary obstacles are presented. If the time-to-collision falls below the braking- or evading-time the ECP starts to intervene. Experimental results show the capabilities of the system

Keywords

automated highways; braking; collision avoidance; image sensors; motion control; optical scanners; position control; road vehicles; safety; autonomous vehicle; braking-time; electronic copilot; emergency braking; evading-time; laser scanner; partially redundant system; relative velocities; stationary obstacles; time-to-collision; vision sensors; Automatic control; Automation; Control systems; Equations; Mechanical engineering; Mobile robots; Remotely operated vehicles; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Vehicle driving; Vehicle safety;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 2000. IV 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6363-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVS.2000.898336

Filename

898336