Intelligent Transportation Systems:

A Vehicular PerspectiveS. Ramesh

India Science Lab, GM R&DBangalore

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OEM ChallengesCar owners are increasing along with the population increase Population: 6B (now) – 7.5B (2020) – 9B (2050) From 12% (now) - 15% (2020) - 20% (2050) Cars: 700M (now) – 1B (2020) – 1.5B (2050)

1B to 1.5B vehicles is not sustainable!EnvironmentEnergySafetyCongestionAffordability

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Customer RequirementsEnergy efficientEnvironmentally friendlySafeReliableFunctionalFun to driveAffordable

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Auto Industry Challenges

Challenges Stretch Goals

Energy Low-cost renewable energy Emissions No tailpipe environmental impact Safety Vehicles that never crash Congestion Congestion-free routing Personalization Customize without

complexity Affordability All of above with price

constrained

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Goal – Vehicles That Drive Themselves

Where am I – GPS + digital maps

What’s around me – 360° sensing (sensors + “V2V”)

Take me where I want to go – Software algorithms +

electronic controls and actuators

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Intelligent Vehicles and Highways

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LongRange

Sensors

Short RangeSenso

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Short-RangeBlind-Spot

Sensors

Rear Vision System•Object detection•Far IR capability

EnhancedDigital Map

System

Short-Range

Sensors

Long-Range

ScanningSensor

Forward Vision System•Lane tracking•Object detection•Far IR capability

360° Safety with Integrated Sensor Strategy

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Active Safety to Autonomy

360o Sensing

Hybrid PowerTrain

EPS+AFS(Partial Steer-by-wire)

V2I V2V

System Integration

Wheel Motor

Brake by Wire

CAN

• By-wire applications

• Partial and Fully Autonomous

• Federated to Integrated functions

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Roadmap to Autonomous Driving

Driver Assist/Warning

• Lane Departure Warning

• Side Blind-Zone Alert

On-Demand Autonomous

DrivingVehicle performs autonomously “on-demand” for limited travel•Highway-Only Autonomous

Driving

Autonomous Driving

Vehicle drives itself for an entire travel journey•Vehicle as

ChauffeurSemi-Autonomous

DrivingDistributed control between vehicle and driver•Lane Centering

Functionality

Today Future

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Middleware ChallengesDistributed Autonomous AgentsMobilityContext AwarenessReal-Time ResponseSafety-CriticalityQuality of Service Fault-Tolerance Security

Evolution of Changes

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