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Technology Enabler forAutomated Driving

Dr. Eckard SteigerRobert Bosch GmbH

ITS EUROPEAN CONGRESS SIS27 – JUNE 21ST 2017 – STRASBOURG

TECHNOLOGY ENABLER FORAUTOMATED DRIVING

DR. ECKARD STEIGERROBERT BOSCH GMBH

Technology Enabler for AD

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Technology Enabler for ADHAD and FAD Use Cases (1st Expected Series Launches)

Highway pilot (2020)

Urban pilot (>2020)

Parking pilot (2018)

In-Vehicle Technology Enabler


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Autonomous Evolution and Mobility Revolution

Incremental Change

Carsharing Movement

Shared / fleet useIndividual / privately owned

Driv

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Ass

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Aut

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ICE + eDrive coexistence eDrivePowertrainImprove automotive

electronics, scaleabilityEnable high end CE /

modularityElectronics

Mechatronic IT, SWCore-

Competence

USPJoy of driving UX, connectivity, mobility

Scalability, safety, cost Speed, availability, main-tenance, interchangeability

Vehicles Data, mobility

Source: Mercedes-BenzSource: google.com

Focus

Business

PC - Privately Owned Passenger Cars SAEC – Shared Autonomous Electric Vehicles



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Automated Driving - Core Activities and Technologies

act

driverlesselectronic horizon

actuator management

motion control

braking

fail operationalsteering

senseperception

data fusion

radar

sensors

localization

lidar

map

thinkprediction decision

planner

vehicle computerdata analyticsredundancy

safetysecurity


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System Architectureredundancies for sensing, ECUs,

and actuation (fail operational)

Reliability and Securityprotect against technical failure

and deliberate cyber attacks

Surround Sensing highly robust

in all use cases

Near-range cameras

Long-range radarMid-range radarLidar

Long-range radarMid-range radar

Stereo-video

Ultrasonic sensors

Lidar

Legislationglobal standards and

clear liability

Localizationmaps: always precise

and up-to-date

System Intelligenceinterpret the situation, plan,

decide and execute

Validation & Release Process

safeguarding automated vehicles and systems

Key EnablerTechnology Enabler for AD



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Surround Sensing

Near-range camerasMid-range radar

Lidar

Long-range radar rearMid-range radar rear

Stereo-video camera

Ultrasonic sensors

Long-range radar

Enabler:• 360° surround sensing by combination of different

sensor technologies• Migration from prototype to mass production sensors

Challenges:• Robust, complementary and highly reliable sensors

under all conditions• Satisfy reliability requirements by using redundant

technologies for each area

Bosch AI Car Computer Powered by NVIDIA® Xavier GPU AI Supercomputer for highly

Autonomous Vehicles 30 Trillion Deep Learning

Operations / Second

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System IntelligenceTechnology Enabler for AD

In-Vehicle Technology Enabler


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Occupancy Grid

Bosch AICar Computer

Closed Loop Learning

Car Control

In-Vehicle Technology EnablerBosch AI Car Computer


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Technology Enabler for ADLocalization

1. Planning Map“Your lane ends at position x y”

2. Localization Map“You are currently at position ξ ψ”

HD MapAccurate road geometry, dm accuracy

Landmarks

HD map needed for situation analysis path planning decision making accurate vehicle

localization

3. Decision Algorithm“Merge right within the next 150 meters”

Bosch Road Signature Cloud

Video Road Signature

Data

Radar Road SignatureData

Partner HD map layers

Integrated HD map with

BoschRoad

Signature

OEM cloud Map partner cloud

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Technology Enabler for ADLocalization - HD Map: Required for Automated Driving



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Validation and Release Process

Integrated cruiseassist

Highwaypilot

Autopilot

ACC,lane

keepingsupport

Today

Traditional statisticalvalidation

Complexity of driving situations

Valid

atio

n e

ffort

(log)

Expenditure for validation will increase by a factor of 106 to 107

· Traditional statistical validation not suitable for higher degree of automation · Highly automated systems require completely new release strategies

Potential for reduction bycombination of statistical validation

with new qualitative design and release strategies


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Technology Enabler for ADConnected ValidationReduced data complexity by using event triggered data recording. Shorter development iterations due to immediate data analysis.

Event Record Upload DatabaseRadar, Video

DataAnalytics

Data Analyst Fleet Manager Developer


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Excellence in system expertise – key to cope challenges in automated driving

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