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This course is intended to provide a general overview for engineers on the main aspects of automation of driving functions. While autonomous driving is a widely discussed issue at the moment, it is not a topic only for road traffic, indeed methods have been developed in different fields ranging from UAVs, to robots and of course to automotive.
The key idea of automation - in general - is to perform an action a skilled human operator could, but better/faster or more reliably. No automation removes the physical constraints, and sometimes new ones are added by the limited operation properties of the components involved, which, by the way, are also subject to errors and even failure.
Therefore, some expectations from automated functions are unrealistic, no automation system can guarantee no accidents in traffic, especially in mixed traffic conditions. Still, automation can offer enormous advantages as automated systems do not get tired, unattentive or distracted and can react much faster.
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Basics of vehicle dynamics
- Classes of vehicles
- Movement in 2D
- Parametrization and validation of a model
Human Driving functions
- Driving tasks
- The driver decision process
- The driver as a predictive control
Classification of driving automation
- Levels of automation
- Frozen time vs. predictive autonomous driving functions
- Automated Driving Functions (ADFs)
- Effect on the overall traffic
ADF at control level
- Brake and traction limiters
- Stability control
ADF at guidance level
- ACC
- Parking assistant
- Collision risk handling
- Other functions
ADF at navigation level
- Ecodriving
- Emission aware ecodriving problem
Acquisition of surrounding vehicle information
V2X
- Autonomous Driving Use Cases
- Communication Requirements
- Cellular V2X (C-V2X)
Prediction of movement of the surrounding traffic
- Physics-based Motion Models
- Maneuver-based Motion Models
- Interaction-aware Motion Models
Methods to evaluate safety
- Current Test Concepts in the Automobile Industry
- X-in-the-loop Simulation Methods
- Requirements for a Test Concept
- Safety Evaluation for Fully Automated Driving
Buildup of scenarios
Search of the relevant cases
- Randomized Algorithms
- Reduction of Sample Complexity
Simulators
- Vehicle Dynamic Simulators
- Traffic Simulators
- Environment Simulators
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