Towards a distributed real-time hybrid simulator for autonomous vehicles

To thoroughly test and validate algorithms and systems of autonomous vehicles, a large number of vehicles, many tests and a multitude of datasets are needed. This way of developing and testing is difficult, expensive and sometimes even dangerous. To combine the benefits of real world testing with th...

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Published inComputing Vol. 101; no. 7; pp. 873 - 891
Main Authors de Hoog, Jens, Janssens, Arthur, Mercelis, Siegfried, Hellinckx, Peter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Vienna Springer Vienna 01.07.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous vehicles
Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing
Computer Communication Networks
Computer Science
Computer simulation
Hybrid vehicles
Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)
Real time
Software Engineering
Viability
68U20
Real-time
Distributed
Hybrid
Autonomous
Simulator
68M14
Vehicles
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Summary:To thoroughly test and validate algorithms and systems of autonomous vehicles, a large number of vehicles, many tests and a multitude of datasets are needed. This way of developing and testing is difficult, expensive and sometimes even dangerous. To combine the benefits of real world testing with the scalability and lower cost of simulation based testing, we present a novel methodology for a real-time hybrid simulator that is capable of handling real and simulated vehicles simultaneously with full interaction, in real time. We validated our methodology by assessing its overall performance and real-time capabilities using an F1/10 scale vehicle. The results effectively show the viability of this approach for validation of autonomous vehicles in a cost-efficient and safe manner.
ISSN:0010-485X
1436-5057
DOI:10.1007/s00607-018-0649-y