AUTOMATED HIGHWAY

SYSTEMS

BY: HANAMANT
GUIDE: Mrs. SHALINI

INTRODUCTION
Driverless
Sensor technology
Inter vehicular communication
Infrastructure

Why automated highway system

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Safety
Accidents
Property loss
Efficiency
Traffic
Speed
Air quality
Pollution
Fuel consumption

History and development

1933-embedded circuits
1977-traking(30kmph)
1980-german(100kmph)
1980-robot controlled(30kmph)
1994-duel robot(130kmph) with human
intervention.
1995 (175kmph) with human intervention at
every 9 km

1996-2001 (90kmph) with 6%human

intervention
2008( testing of vehicle by 2015)
2010(13000km)

User attitude towards AHS

50% of drivers already use some form of

these systems which they consider to be:
- useful
- reliable
- good value
presentation of the information by voice is
preferred to visual means

70% of drivers say they would find the

systems useful:
- on unfamiliar journeys
- at night
- on motorways
- in congested traffic

Driver Assistance Systems:

Examples

Cruise Control
Advanced Cruise Control
Headway Control
Traction Control

ISSUES IN AHS
Mixed automated/dedicated lanes
Low level or high level of intelligent highway
infrastructure
Liability

Mixed traffic/dedicated lanes

Dedicated lanes
I. History
II. Safety features
III. Costs
IV. Equity
V. Infrastructural needs
VI. Platooning
VII. conclusion

Low level or high level of highway

infrastructure
Infrastructural intelligence
Vehicle intelligence
Cost
Advantages and disadvantages
Lane keeping
conclusion

liability
Automakers
Government
Drivers
Conclusion

Alternative concepts for automated

highway system
Autonomous
Cooperative
Infrastructure supported
Infrastructure managed
Infrastructure controlled

Different types of sensors

Long range sensors
Short range sensors
Positioning sensor
Environmental sensor
Object velocity

Movements of the vehicle

Lateral motion handling
Longitudinal motion handling
Obstacle handling

System description

Vehicle coordination
Inter-platoon coordination
Intra-platoon coordination

AHS Platooning Concept

AHS Lane

Actions taken in case of a failure

Case study

$50 million
high-strength ceramic magnets were embedded in a
7.6-mile section
Eight Buick LeSabres were modified with about
$200,000 of automation equipment
166-megahertz Intel Pentium processors
Data transfer between cars took place at 50 times per
second
The eight-vehicle platoon ran at 18-foot intervals at
65 miles per hour

future

Conclusion
Capacity
Safety
Weather condition
Mobility
Energy consumption
Land use
Travel time

References
www.wikipedia.org
www.springer.com
www.informaworld.com
www.uctc.net/papers
www.highbeam.com

Thank you