Title : Visualization of Autonomous cars locomotion, cognition in virtual environments

Project Lead : Claudiu pozna From : Transilvania Univ. Brasov Romania (Romania)

Dates : from 2014-08-07 08:39:12 to 2015-02-04 13:09:03

Description :

Motivation and objectives :
Computer simulation was been developed in the past decade in the research areas. The virtual prototype is a complex model which gives the possibility to verify proposed solutions like algorithms, design choice etc. Nowadays the challenge in automotive field is to transform this product in to an intelligent one. This means that an intelligent car has at its disposal several capabilities to assist, in real time, the driver. We can mention the control of the car lateral dynamic, or the ABS, or the Stop and Go, Parking maneuver etc. At limit the idea of an intelligent car is to build autonomous cars which can even replace the human driver. This idea which has already notable results like the Google car, the Junior or the Stanley etc. is an important research topic. New algorithms of navigations and localization are proposed. We consider that the virtual environment is the best possibility to check these new ideas.

Teams :
The research group Robotics is part of the Department of Automation, Electronics and Computers. The group has 6 permanent members, 9 PhD. student and 3 researchers.

Dates :
starting date : 15 January, 2015
ending date : 30 January, 2015

Facilities descriptions :
http://visionair-browser.g-scop.grenoble-inp.fr/visionair/Browser/Catalogs/3DICC.HU.html

Recordings & Results :
We have started with the following motivation: computer simulation was been developed in the past decade in the research areas. The virtual prototype is a complex model which gives the possibility to verify proposed solutions like algorithms, design choice etc . The following questions were made: if the cognition steps are the sensors readings and the localizations is viewed like a perceptions, the algorithm running viewed like reasoning and the navigation viewed like actions is it possible that a graphical representation of these steps augment the locomotion environment and give us information about the quality of our cognitive algorithms? The objectives have been to create a link between my simulation environment and the VIRCA. The objective start to be achieved: we start with the VIRCA presentation, we start to implement the objects from Matlab to Virca and we imagine the architecture of the User interface.

Conclusions :
The objectives realization have been started. The VIRCA environment have been presented. We start to implement the objects from Matlab to VIRCA. The architecture of the user interface has been discussed. We start the realization of the architecture for the teaching interface.