ABSOLUT II – Continuation of the joint research project on highly automated driving in public transport

Project Details

Project Goals

Following on from the completed research project ABSOLUT (automatic bus shuttle self-organizing between Leipzig and the BMW terminal), ABSOLUT II addresses the problem of replacing the previous safety driver in the vehicle with a stationary technical supervisor in a control center in accordance with the Autonomous Driving Act and the necessary support to provide the necessary technology in the control center, communication with the vehicle and the necessary interfaces. Only when such an approved technical reference solution is available will it be possible for several autonomous vehicles to be managed by one person. ABSOLUT II thus creates the foundation for economically scaling automated public transport and achieving broad social added value to ensure mobility even in previously uneconomic areas.

However, there are currently no approved driverless shuttles available on the market that have successfully completed the homologation process set up by the Federal Motor Transport Authority. That is why the test vehicle created in the previous ABSOLUT project is used with the safety driver fallback level. In this project, all components and their interfaces will be developed independently of future industrial vehicles. This particularly applies to the so-called maneuver interface, which is intended to enable the control center to evaluate the vehicle's situation and, if the automation system reaches its limits, to select maneuvers to clarify the situation.

Focus of the Chair of Vehicle Mechatronics

The Chair of Vehicle Mechatronics develops scientific concepts for the maneuver interface, automatic maneuver planning and real-time collision avoidance. It has also set the goal of developing methods for virtual validation in order to be able to test all developed functions and systems safely and in a resource-saving manner before testing. Furthermore, it takes over the hardware and software conversion or upgrading of the test vehicle from ABSOLUT in order to connect it to the control center and make all the necessary functions executable.

Project partners

The consortium is made up of 12 partners from industry, research and the community. The TU Dresden is involved with 4 professorships.

Contact Person

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Research Fellow

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Dr.-Ing. Conny Matthes

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