An Automated Electric Vehicle Prototype Showing New Trends in Automotive Architectures

• Published in: 2015 IEEE 18th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems pp. 1274 - 1279
• Main Authors: Buechel, Martin, Knoll, Alois, Frtunikj, Jelena, Becker, Klaus, Sommer, Stephan, Buckl, Christian, Armbruster, Michael, Marek, Andre, Zirkler, Andreas, Klein, Cornel
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Actuators; Architecture; Automation; Automotive components; Automotive engineering; Autonomous; Computer architecture; Information technology; Logic gates; Maneuvers; Prototypes; Software; Trajectory; Vehicles; Wheels
• ISSN: 2153-0009; 2153-0017
• DOI: 10.1109/ITSC.2015.209

The automotive domain is challenged by the increasing importance of Information Technology (IT) based functions. To show the possibilities of modern IT systems, a demonstrator car was developed in RACE (Robust and Reliant Automotive Computing Environment for Future eCars) based on a completely redesigned E/E architecture, which supports the integration of mixed-criticality components and offers features like Plug&Play. This paper presents the architecture and components of this vehicle prototype, which is equipped with modern systems such as Steer-by-Wire without mechanical fallback. It was designed to support future driver assistance systems, e.g. to carry out autonomous parking maneuvers onto an inductive charging station, a task, which is hard to achieve accurately enough for a human driver. Therefore, a special emphasis lies on the description of the sensor set for automated operation.