Oboril, Fabian (Intel), Schörner, Philip (FZI Research Center for Information Technology), Sachsse, Luka (Anavs GmbH), Nees, Dominik (Schaeffler), Percin, Tolgahan (LAKE FUSION Technologies GmbH), Buerkle, Cornelius (Intel), Zeifang, Bernhard (Schaeffler), Gremmelmaier, Helen (FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik), Ochs, Sven (FZI Research Center for Information Technology), Gassmann, Bernd (Intel Deutschland GmbH), Gottselig, Fabian (KIT), Henkel, Patrick (ANavS GmbH), Tobias, Schaeffler (73328), Philipp, Schaeffler (32032), Michael, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Vehicle System T (20524), Kay-Ulrich, Intel Deutschland GmbH (14985), J. Marius, FZI Research Center for Information Technology; KIT Karlsruhe In (73332), Thomas, LFT GmbH ()

SafeADArchitect: End-To-End Architecture for Safe and Risk-Aware Automated Driving in Urban Environments

Scheduled for presentation during the Invited Session "Safety for Intelligent and Connected Vehicles" (ThBT3), Thursday, September 26, 2024, 15:30−15:50, Salon 6

2024 IEEE 27th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), September 24- 27, 2024, Edmonton, Canada

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on October 14, 2024

Abstract

Automated driving is still waiting for its major breakthrough and mainstream adoption. One roadblock for mass deployment in crowded and unstructured environments such as urban traffic is the high degree of uncertainty that significantly reduces the vehicle's usability using today's safety solutions. To tackle this challenge, this paper presents SafeADArchitect, an end-to-end architecture for automated vehicles that ensures usability and safety at the same time. It covers major influencing factors to driving safety from the driving platform, sensor limitations or behavior uncertainties through occlusions, inefficiencies of AI-based perception or planning approaches via adequate safety modules and by mapping possible errors to associated driving risks. Hence, by knowing the overall acceptable risk, reasonable driving decisions can be taken that balance usability and safety.