BME researchers pioneer cloud-based real-world vehicle control

November 20, 2023

With a successful demonstration as part of the EUREKA Central System project the development of a central system to support the testing and operation of automated vehicles has reached an important milestone. The demonstration, carried out between 8-10 November by consortium leader BME and consortium member Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH of Austria, was the first time that an external partner used the services of a central system to control the maneuvers to be performed by the test vehicle via standard interfaces.

During the demonstration, the vehicle was driven along a route designed by the central system based on a digital twin model generated in real time and sent to the test vehicle. In another experiment, low-level control messages were sent directly to the vehicle from the cloud, i.e. the vehicle was driven by the central system. The maneuver was designed to avoid a physical pedestrian or virtual pedestrian. To the best of our knowledge this is the first published experiment in the world where a real vehicle has been controlled in real conditions on a real track via standard interfaces from a cloud-based central system.

Dr. András Rövid, head of the Autonomous Vehicles research group at BME's Department of Automotive Technologies and the professional leader of the consortium, said after the demonstration, "I am very pleased and consider it a success that we were able to meet the set goals in the tests and demonstrate the operation of cloud-based vehicle control under real conditions."

Sensors embedded in infrastructure offer a unique opportunity to produce a digital twin model of the environment, including both static and dynamic elements. In our case, the digital twin model is produced in a so-called central system, based on higher level data extracted from various infrastructure sensors, which can be used to implement a number of additional driving support or autonomous vehicle functions provided by the central system, as well as to test them in an automated way. One of these functions is e.g. autonomous obstacle avoidance, where the trajectory to avoid an obstacle is planned by the central system based on the available digital twin model and transmitted to the vehicle. The vehicle, relying on its own control mechanisms, follows this planned path, avoiding a collision. In the EUREKA Central System project, a demonstration of such a function, provided by the central system, was carried out at the ZalaZONE test track with the participation of Hungarian and Austrian experts. The Austrian Virtual Vehicle is a leading international R&D center for the automotive and railway industry, focusing on advanced virtualization of vehicle development.

Testing was carried out at speeds of 20-50 km/h, and the next step will be to test the system at higher speeds.

The development work will enable the automatic testing of advanced driver assistance systems in particular, as well as providing an efficient solution for the control of vehicles from the control center in logistics centers.

Project title: Central System, Testing and verification methods for driving functions and environmental perception systems; Project ID: 2020-1.2.3-EUREKA-2021-00001; Funding: National Research, Development and Innovation Fund

Read more

3rd ZalaZONE Trilateral ONLINE Conference

Motto: “Increasing the intensity of cooperation”
16/10/2020

AGENDA

10:00 - 10:05

Welcome

Dr. Zsolt Szalay, Head of Research and Innovation ZalaZONE Automotive Proving Ground

10:05 - 10:15

Keynote OpeningBest Practices in International R&D Cooperation

Prof. Dr. Zoran Ren, Vice-Rector for Science and Research,Professor of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Maribor

10:15 - 11:15

Project review of bilateral Austrian-Hungarian cooperation

Fleet-based qualification of transnational road networks for autonomous driving

hub.connect

TestEPS

Central system architecturedevelopment for automated vehicle testing and operating related services




DI Dr. Veronika Putz, Linz Center of Mechatronics


DI Norbert Hainitz,Austrian Institute of Technology

Dipl.-Ing. JakobReckenzaun, Virtual Vehicle

Dr. Viktor Tihanyi, BudapestUniversity of Technology and Economics

11:15 - 11:25

Significance of research funding in promoting AT-HU-SLO trilateral cooperation

Mr. Andreas Blust, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

Dr. István Szabó, NRDI Office, Vice President for Science and International Affairs

11:25 - 11:35

Short intro/status report on the “state of play” in HU & SLO and AT

DI Martin Russ, Managing Director AustriaTech

11:35 - 12:00

Announcing of tender opportunities supporting Hungarian-Austrian bilateral cooperation

Mr. Michael Walch, Ms. Verena Eder, FFG –Austrian Research Promotion Agency

Ms. Szonja Csuzdi, Head of Department for International Affairs

Mr. Gergely Mészáros, EUREKA NPC, NRDI Office

11:35 - 12:00

Q & A
Closing remarks

ACCOUNTS

Clones

Up to 20 clones per month

Categories

Business, Technology

User Limit

1 User

DESIGN INTERACTIONS

Lottie Animation

3 months

Design Interactions

3 months

DESIGN INTERACTIONS

Clones

Categories

-

ACCOUNTS

Clones

Up to 20 clones per month

Categories

Business, Technology

User Limit

1 User

DESIGN INTERACTIONS

Lottie Animation

3 months

Design Interactions

3 months

DESIGN INTERACTIONS

Clones

Categories

-

ACCOUNTS

Clones

Up to 20 clones per month

Categories

Business, Technology

User Limit

1 User

DESIGN INTERACTIONS

Lottie Animation

3 months

Design Interactions

3 months

DESIGN INTERACTIONS

Clones

Categories

-

No items found.

Similar posts