UNICARagil autoSHUTTLE
Demonstrating the future of urban transportation
Fields of application
- Developed in the UNICARagil project.
- One of four prototypes for different use-cases.
- More information on the different vehicles and concepts can be found here: www.unicaragil.de
- Development, integration and evaluation of automated and connected driving functions for vehicles and intelligent infrastructure
- Demonstration of research results from various research projects
Technical data and features
Sensors
- Four identical sensor modules for 360° coverage, each consisting of:
- 2 far-view cameras in stereo mode
- 2 wide angle cameras for 270° coverage
- 2 radar sensors
- 1 rotating LiDAR sensor for 270° coverage
- 1 inertial measurement unit
- 1 HPC unit for data processing
- Redundant platform sensor belt for risk minimal maneuvers
- 36 ultrasonic sensors
- 4 surround view cameras
- 4 exterior microphones
- 2 radar sensors
Localization
- RTK GPS system for centimeter-precise localization
- Camera based localization
Communication
- 5G Router
- 802.11p/ITS-G5 capable V2X communication modem
Architecture
- Novel E/E-architecture:
- 5 high-performance GPU workstations (cerembrum)
- Linux operating system
- Container-driven software stack running ROS / ROS2 / ASOA
- 1 fail operational ARM-based safety ecu for control (brain stem)
- 4 microcontroller-based dynamics module ECUs for actuation (spinal cord)
- 5 high-performance GPU workstations (cerembrum)
- Novel Software architecture:
- Automotive grade service-oriented software architecture (ASOA)
- Running on all HPCs and ECUs
- Centralized orchestration during runtime
Actuators
- Interface to the vehicle via real-time prototyping system
- Wheel independent brake, drive and steer by wire
- Up to 90° steering angle on each wheel
- Up to 2.000 Nm of torque per wheel
Contact
Timo Woopen M.Sc.
Manager Research Area
Vehicle Intelligence & Automated Driving
+49 241 80 23549
Email