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Initial situation:
Autonomous driving and connected traffic are moving to the forefront of future vehicle concepts and are therefore future topics for the automotive industry. As a result, the value creation process is shifting from traditional vehicle construction to modern add-on technologies and software-based functions. The development of autonomous vehicles is a technological and economic challenge for the automotive industry. Currently, there are only insufficient approaches available for systematically deriving the vehicle functions required for autonomous driving. In addition, the development of innovative, fully autonomous driving functions requires the involvement of new development partners. For individual industrial companies (especially SMEs) in the automotive industry, the conceptualization and development of innovative disruptive complete vehicle concepts is usually an oversized step.
Objective:
In autoMoVe, the technologies required for autonomous driving are to be systematized and matched with the competencies of regional companies. Based on a regional competence map and taking into account existing research work, scenarios for autonomous driving in various fields of application will be defined and evaluated in terms of their feasibility. The project focuses on highly modular vehicle concepts based on a universally usable basic vehicle module with interchangeable vehicle superstructures, e.g. for passenger or freight transport. Taking into account the requirements of the selected application scenarios, the joint partners will develop the vehicle concepts with a focus on the areas of vehicle design, vehicle functions, energy management and control as well as software architectures. A development and simulation platform will be implemented to support the virtual development work. This will be used to demonstrate the functions of the developed vehicle concepts. In addition, individual innovative subsystems are physically realized and tested. The overall vehicle concepts developed are demonstrated in case studies.
Procedure:
The first step involves researching and characterizing the technologies required to implement autonomous driving, taking into account the expertise of regional suppliers and development service providers in the automotive value chain. This is followed by the development of a scenario model that shows different fields of application for autonomous driving, including usage and operating conditions as well as legal and functional requirements. Based on this, a virtual development and demonstration platform for cross-domain model-based overall system design and validation is developed, which forms the basis for deriving modularization and reconfiguration strategies for mechanical subsystems and software functions. Finally, the implementation and application-oriented (virtual) testing of function carriers for selected use cases and subsystems will be carried out with the participation of regional technology companies.
