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Cooperative and Autonomous driving as a new way of mobility
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Kirsten van Abeelen

Technische Bedrijfskunde Bachelor
Nederlandse
Website
ateam-eindhoven.nl
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Cooperative and Autonomous driving as a new way of mobility

The challenge

The problem that occurs almost every day on the Dutch roads are the traffic jams, often without apparent reason like a car accident or construction. Somewhere, miles ahead of where you will be eventually be stuck, a driver slows slightly, causing the car behind it to slow a bit more. This wave of slowed traffic moves backwards along the way, simultaneously growing larger and slowing down until the parkway becomes a parking lot. This negatively impacts the environment and efficiency of companies. If the jam is caused by a motor vehicle accident, it can often be tied back to human error or bad decisions.

As seen in the results of the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge in which we participated last year, open collaboration is the way to further develop these technologies to make it suitable for all roads. We seek the challenge in improving mobility and thereby solving the problems.

The solution

The Automotive Technology Team (ATeam) see the solution in developing cooperative and autonomous technologies, which will change the future of mobility with prospects in improved safety, sustainability, and efficiency on the roads. The combination of vehicle automation (making it self-driving) and vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication may provide more stability in the traffic flow as the car can then anticipate further ahead than humans. Furthermore, the information received via communication between the cars can be displayed through HMI so the driver is informed of what’s going on miles ahead. As well the driver is notified of the surroundings of the car and in what mode the car is: manual of autonomous driving mode. We're developing these technologies using a Toyota Prius.

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ATeam Eindhoven


24 maart 2017 at 16:09

Hi benjamin. Our focus is on cooperative autonomous driving. The challenge lies in equipping infrastructure and vehicles with wifi-p modules. We partner with nxp to show how traffic flow and road safety is improved while using such technology.

Johannes van Melle


24 maart 2017 at 11:03

Nice idea, difficult to assess the patentability at present.

Benjamin Jurg


24 maart 2017 at 07:52

Autonomous driving is a hot topic where many companies are solving parts of the puzzle. What are your biggest technical challenges and are there already partners in view to handle these challenges?