Peter Schulenberg

Autonomous Driving on Vehicle Test Tracks: Overview, Implementation and First Results

This paper presents results from the Autonomous Driving project in which automated driving took place on the Volkswagen proving ground. It first gives a system overview, followed by a discussion of how the system was implemented. Tests were conducted with two vehicles equipped with sensors, computers and actuators. The vehicles are driven by robots while the sensor system is designed to avoid obstacles. Vehicle guidance takes place through DGPS satellite navigation and through visual lane detection. In case of emergencies vehicle control can be overruled by an electronic copilot.