INnovative Testing of Autonomous Control Techniques (INTACT)

城市移动车辆，或无人驾驶的豆荚，将减少我们道路上的拥堵和事故，并让更多的人独立旅行。然而，它们需要用户的信任--它们必须安全、可靠和可靠。这需要对自主控制系统（ACS）进行广泛的测试和验证，ACS是Pod的大脑，负责检测物体和控制车辆。降低成本和优化这种ACSI对于促进短期内商业上可行的Pod的大规模制造和销售至关重要。然而，在公共道路上和现实世界驾驶情况下进行测试将非常昂贵，不可重复且具有潜在危险。因此，该项目提出了一种新的模拟器概念的使用，使在一个安全，可重复和科学严谨的环境中评估优化的ACS。RDM是英国唯一的无人驾驶Pods的设计者和制造商，沃里克大学将共同努力，使Pods得到更广泛的应用，帮助为英国的立法框架和自动驾驶汽车的最终认证提供信息，并展示英国作为自动驾驶汽车研究的领导者。

Urban mobility vehicles, or driverless Pods, will reduce congestion and accidents on our roads and give morepeople travel independence. However, they require trust from users – they must be safe, secure and robust.This requires extensive testing and validation of the Autonomous Control System, or ACS, which is the brains ofthe Pod responsible for detecting objects and controlling the vehicle. Reducing the cost and optimising this ACSis essential in facilitating the large scale manufacture and sale of commercially viable Pods in the near term.However testing on public roads and in real-world driving situations would be very expensive, unrepeatableand potentially dangerous. Hence this project proposes the use of a novel simulator concept, to enable theevaluation of an optimised ACS in a safe, repeatable and scientifically rigorous environment. RDM, the UK’sonly designer and manufacturer of driverless Pods, and University of Warwick will work together to enable thebroader uptake of Pods, help inform the legislative framework for the UK and eventual certification ofautonomous vehicles, and show the UK as a leader of research into autonomous vehicles.