摘要: |
Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) are a key technology for improving road safety. But both current and proposed ADAS are limited in important ways. Vision- and lidar-based ADAS performs poorly in heavy rain, snow, or fog. Lack of vehicle situational awareness due to these sensing limitations will unfortunately be the cause of many accidents, including fatalities, for connected and automated vehicles in the years to come.
The goal of this research is to develop and test a sensing strategy with robust perception: No blind spots, applicable to all driveable environments, and available in all weather conditions. The project team believes there are three key requirements for collaborative all-weather sensing:
(1) Precise vehicle positioning within a common reference frame
(2) Decimeter-accurate vision and radar mapping; and
(3) A means of quantifying the benefits of collaborative sensing. |