Analysis of autopilot disengagements occurring during autonomous vehicle testing

IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 58-68

  Lv, Chen ^a   Cao, Dongpu ^a   Zhao, Yifan ^a   Auger, Daniel J ^a   Sullman, Mark ^a   Wang, Huaji ^a   Dutka, Laura Millen ^b   Skrypchuk, Lee ^b   Mouzakitis, Alexandros ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGUAR LAND ROVER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated vehicle; Disengagement; humanvehicle interactions; take over operation; vehicle testing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE;

AUTOMATED VEHICLES; AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY; DISENGAGEMENT; DRIVING SYSTEMS; GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS; SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS; TAKE-OVER OPERATION; VEHICLE TESTING;

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES;

EID: 85040170266     PISSN: 23299266     EISSN: 23299274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JAS.2017.7510745     Document Type: Article

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