This contributed volume covers all relevant aspects of road vehicle automation including societal impacts, legal matters, and technology innovation from the perspectives of a multitude of public and private actors. It is based on an expert workshop organized by the Transportation Research Board at Stanford University in July 2013. The target audience primarily comprises academic researchers, but the book may also be of interest to practitioners and professionals. Higher levels of road vehicle automation are considered beneficial for road safety, energy efficiency, productivity, convenience and social inclusion. The necessary key technologies in the fields of object-recognition systems, data processing and infrastructure communication have been consistently developed over the recent years and are mostly available on the market today. However, there is still a need for substantial research and development, e.g. with interactive maps, data processing, functional safety and the fusion of different data sources. Driven by stakeholders in the IT industry, intensive efforts to accelerate the introduction of road vehicle automation are currently underway.
Author(s): Gereon Meyer, Sven Beiker (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Mobility
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 261
Tags: Automotive Engineering; Robotics and Automation; Innovation/Technology Management; Transportation; Sustainable Development
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction: The Transportation Research Board’s 2013 Workshop on Road Vehicle Automation....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Autonomous Vehicles: A Perspective from the California Department of Motor Vehicles....Pages 15-24
Accelerating Road Vehicle Automation....Pages 25-35
Activities, Findings and Perspectives in the Field of Road Vehicle Automation in Japan....Pages 37-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Bosch’s Vision and Roadmap Toward Fully Autonomous Driving....Pages 49-59
History and Status of Automated Driving in the United States....Pages 61-70
Research and Innovation for Automated Driving in Germany and Europe....Pages 71-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
A Legal Perspective on Three Misconceptions in Vehicle Automation....Pages 85-91
Machine Ethics and Automated Vehicles....Pages 93-102
Vehicle Automation and Its Potential Impacts on Energy and Emissions....Pages 103-112
Human Factors of Highly Automated Driving: Results from the EASY and CityMobil Projects....Pages 113-125
Key Factors Influencing Autonomous Vehicles’ Energy and Environmental Outcome....Pages 127-135
An Analysis of Possible Energy Impacts of Automated Vehicle....Pages 137-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Disruptive Innovation on the Path to Sustainable Mobility: Creating a Roadmap for Road Transportation in the United States....Pages 157-168
CityMobil2: Challenges and Opportunities of Fully Automated Mobility....Pages 169-184
A Partial Reality Experimental System for Human-in-the-Loop Testing of Connected and Automated Vehicle Applications: Development, Validation and Applications....Pages 185-196
Evaluation of Automated Road Vehicles....Pages 197-208
Advanced Intersection Traffic Control Strategies Accommodating Autonomous Vehicles....Pages 209-213
Synergies Between Vehicle Automation, Telematics Connectivity, and Electric Propulsion....Pages 215-227
Toward a Systematic Approach to the Design and Evaluation of Automated Mobility-on-Demand Systems: A Case Study in Singapore....Pages 229-245
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Automated Truck Platoon Control and Field Test....Pages 247-261
