DEMO 3: Integrating advanced intervention functions to avoid critical events

Demo 3 will consist of a collision-free path planner which will allow the vehicle safety system to avoid crashes by combining autonomous emergency steering (AES) and autonomous emergency braking (AEB) manoeuvres based on the perceived environment information and risk management. 

The complexity of the environment requires multiple detection algorithms and complex risk management and decision architectures for path planning. Current algorithms consider this but mostly rely on existing information (e.g. location of the ego vehicle and the VRU). 

In addition, Demo 3 will include a specific “weather filter” for simulating adverse weather conditions on a test track for the object detection algorithm. 

To improve the safety performance, Demo 3 will integrate predicted information on road users (e.g. their intentions or motions) which will be integrated with the trajectory planning and control for accident avoidance by vehicle dynamics interventions. It will be built in a VW Golf car provided by BOSCH (similar vehicle to Demo 2) and tested at Bosch and IDIADA's facilities.