Developing a Methodology to Validate Traffic Quantification Metrics and Mea- sure the Traffic Impact of Automated Vehicles in Simulations

Automated Vehicles (AVs) are one of the most promising and intensively studied research topics within engineering and beyond. The race to develop the first full “self-driving” vehicle has started a decade ago and will continue in the future. From the traditional automotive industry and other technological companies that mingled in the race,...

Jerk Based Motion Planning

The concept of motion planning for a path following task is highly relevant. Having a comfortable reference motion is an advantage for automated vehicles, since this leads to more higher comfort for the passengers, in turn leading to higher adoption of ADAS. Defining a speed profile can be done in three different ways. First is a heuristics...

Optimization-based Fault Mitigation in Automated Driving

With increased developments and interest in platooning and higher levels of automation (SAE level 3+), the need for safety systems that are capable of monitoring system health and maintain safe operation in faulty scenarios is increasing. Methods for the detection, isolation and identification of faults in automated and cooperative driving is...

Promoting Road Safety Between Automated Vehicles and Cyclists

Interacting with cyclists is a difficult challenge for Automated Vehicles (AVs). It is important that the introduction of AVs does not lead to a decrease in cyclist safety. This study presents a new methodology that is developed to assess road safety between AVs and cyclists. Surrogate Measures of Safety are identified specifically for the...

A Safety and Comfort Lane Change for Sportive Highly Automated Driving Truck

The major goal of this master thesis is to improve truck safety and comfort during lane change manoeuvres. This thesis focuses on the scenario of the driver doing sports exercises inside the cabin when the vehicle is driving automatically on a highway. This topic is one of the foci of the international GlobalDrive project from Technical...

A Method for Determining How Much Time People Need to Understand Traffic Situations

It is expected that in the coming decade, cars with an automated driving mode will become available. Most likely, this automated mode will only be used in specific situations and/or on specific roads, which means that the driver/automation needs to switch between the automated mode and manual control. Such switches are termed ‘transitions of...