The electronic copilot for an autonomous vehicle-state of development

Gives an outline of the current state of development of an electronic copilot (ECP). The ECP is used within an autonomous vehicle as a partially redundant system for the vehicle control. The ECP receives the necessary information about the positions and relative velocities of obstacles from various sources such as laser scanner or vision sensors. The algorithms for emergency braking and avoiding stationary obstacles are presented. If the time-to-collision falls below the braking- or evading-time the ECP starts to intervene. Experimental results show the capabilities of the system.