Graph-Based Distributed Control for a Heterogeneous Convoy of Intelligent Vehicles

In the scope of the FP7 project AutoNet2030 (Co-operative Systems in Support of Networked Automated Driving by 2030), this graph-based distributed control algorithm for heterogeneous convoys of intelligent vehicles makes possible the coordinated control of automated and manual vehicles, such as passenger vehicles and heavy-duty trucks. It is enabled by a combination of advanced vehicle automation functions, state of the art sensor systems and decentralized communications systems.
Well included in the project approach for the gradual introduction of fully automated driving systems, the developed technology addresses both manual and automated vehicles by interfacing with both automation system and human-machine interfaces.
Integrated in the AutoNet2030 architecture, it has been successfully validated in a live public demonstration with one manual passenger vehicle, one automated passenger vehicle and one automated truck at AstaZero in October 2016. The project was featured in the EPFL news.

Team and Collaborators

Sponsors and Research Period

This work was supported by the European Commission under AutoNet2030, a collaborative project part of the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration (Grant Agreement No. 610542), from November 2013 to December 2016.

Related Student Projects and Internships

DISAL-SP73 : Florian Zimmerman, Dynamic Convoy Algorithm for Intelligent Cars

DISAL-SP65: Joseph Lemaitre, Dynamic Platooning for Intelligent Vehicles

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Publications

2017

Simulation of Cooperative Automated Driving by Bidirectional Coupling of Vehicle and Network Simulators

I. Llatser; G. S. Jornod; A. Festag; D. Mansolino; I. Navarro Oiza et al. 

2017. 2017 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Redondo Beach, California, USA, June 11-14, 2017. p. 1881-1886. DOI : 10.1109/IVS.2017.7995979.

Challenges for Automated Cooperative Driving: The AutoNet2030 Approach

M. Obst; A. Marjovi; M. Vasic; I. Navarro Oiza; A. Martinoli et al. 

Automated Driving; Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2017. p. 561-570.

2016

Distributed Graph-Based Control of Convoys of Heterogeneous Vehicles using Curvilinear Road Coordinates

I. Navarro; F. Zimmermann; M. Vasic; A. Martinoli 

2016. 2016 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 1-4, 2016. p. 879-886. DOI : 10.1109/ITSC.2016.7795659.

2015

Distributed Graph-based Convoy Control for Networked Intelligent Vehicles

A. Marjovi; M. Vasic; J. C. B. Lemaitre; A. Martinoli 

2015. IEEE Intelligent Vehicles, Seoul, Korea, June 2015. p. 138-143. DOI : 10.1109/IVS.2015.7225676.