Possible to capture the real-world interaction
of a 1:1 traffic scenario using a rescaled one?
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 Company Presentation
 iRR: New R&D tool for Vehicle Intelligent Systems
 iRR Concept: Capturing Real World Interaction
 iRR Solution
 iRR for the Marketing Department ?!
 Partners
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→ Company Presentation
Technology Consultancy
BhaiTech is an automotive and motorsport R&D service provider.
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→ Company Presentation
BhaiTech Technology
→ Company 4 years old
→ Number of full-time employees: 10
→ Very different skills: vehicle dynamics, electronics, data science
→ Motorsport background
→ R&D Culture and Innovation Attitude
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→ Company Presentation
BhaiTech Current and/or Potential Customers
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BhaiTech Competitors!
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Example of Technologies
Some of the technologies being developed by BhaiTech in 2016
LIQUID
VEHICLE
DYNAMICS
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INTELLIGENT
TYRE
TECHNOLOGY
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DRIVER
ASSISTANCE
SYSTEMS
BhaiTech Technology
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Roots of the Project
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Development Options for Intelligent Systems
5 = very good
4 = good
3 = average
2 = fair
1 = poor
0 = n/a
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→ iRR Concept: Capturing Real World Interaction
Virtual Testing Pro & Cons
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Endless design changes
•
System test in a very short time
(continuous testing & verification)
•
Limited traffic unpredictability
•
Only 1 driver in the loop
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Experimental Testing Pro & Cons
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Unique information about actual system performance in the real world
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Reduced flexibility on design change
•
Driver safety issue
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Cost and time expensive
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→ iRR Concept: Capturing Real World Interaction
Is there a 3° way to intelligent system dev & test?
KEEP
OVERCOME
•
Endless design changes
•
System test in a very short time
•
Unique information about actual system performance in the real world
•
Limited traffic unpredictability
•
Only 1 driver in the loop
•
Reduced flexibility on design change
•
Driver safety issue
•
Cost and time expensive
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→ iRR Concept: Capturing Real World Interaction
Is there an alternative testing layout?
… which can deliver realistic:
•
driver/vehicle
•
driver/driver
•
driver/environment
•
vehicle/environment
interactions?
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BhaiTech Technology
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BhaiTech Answer
DRIVER
ASSISTANCE
SYSTEMS
BhaiTech Interactive Rescaled Reality (iRR)
is an R&D tool for the dev and test of
ADAS
Connected Vehicles
Autonomous Driving
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→ iRR Concept: Capturing Real World Interaction
iRR Concept
Interactive
Rescaled
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Reality
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→ iRR Concept: Capturing Real World Interaction
iRR way to intelligent system dev & test
KEEP
OVERCOME
•
Endless design changes
 Rescaled
•
System test in a very short time
 Rescaled
•
Unique information about actual
system performance in the real
world
•
Limited traffic unpredictability
 Interactive (human element)
•
Only 1 driver in the loop
 Interactive (multi drivers)
•
Reduced flexibility on design change
 Rescaled
•
Driver safety issue
 Rescaled
•
Cost and time expensive
 Rescaled
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 Reality
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→ iRR Concept: Capturing Real World Interaction
iRR Concept: Not Driver in-the-loop!!
Real Driving Experience in a
HUMAN
ELEMENT
Rescaled World
CAPTURE
TEST
UNPREDICTABILITY
INTERACTION
DRIVER
PERCEPTION
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ROBUST
DEVELOP
VERIFICATION
SYSTEMS
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How does it work?
Ingredients:
 Rescaled traffic scenario
 Real drivers
 Rescaled vehicles
 Vehicles equipped with ADAS/V2X/AD
technology under development
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→ iRR Solution
iRR Architecture - CAR
 Image Acquisition
 Vehicle Data Acquisition
 Vehicle Motor Actuation
 ADAS/CAV Algorithms Execution
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→ iRR Solution
iRR Architecture – DRIVING STATION
Vehicle On-board View
Multifunction Steering Wheel
Pedals
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→ iRR Solution
iRR Architecture - TRACK
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→ iRR Solution
iRR Based Technologies
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→ iRR Solution
5 = very good
4 = good
3 = average
2 = fair
1 = poor
0 = n/a
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→ iRR Example Applications
Example Applications
Test Strategies for Interaction with Surrounding Objects
Other Vehicles
Humans
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Infrastructure
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→ iRR Example Applications
Example Applications
5 Full Automation
4 High Automation
Test Different Levels of Automation
3 Conditional Automation
SAE ….
2 Partial Automation
1 Driver Assistance
0 No Automation
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→ iRR Example Applications
Example Applications
Test Interaction
Among Systems on
Different Levels of Automation
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→ Index
 Company Presentation
 iRR: New R&D tool for Vehicle Intelligent Systems
 iRR Concept: Capturing Real World Interaction
 iRR Solution
 iRR for the Marketing Department ?!
 Partners
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→ iRR for the Marketing Department ?!
Early Stage Assesment of Driver Perception
HUMAN
ELEMENT
Is the technology
under development
relevant to the driver?
CAPTURE
TEST
UNPREDICTABILITY
INTERACTION
DRIVER
PERCEPTION
ROBUST
DEVELOP
VERIFICATION
SYSTEMS
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Partners
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Thank you for your Attention!
Contacts
Giuseppe Callea [email protected]
Info
[email protected]
Web
www.bhaitech.com
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