UNICARagil - Disruptive Modular Architectures for Agile, Automated Vehicle Concepts

Authors

Timo Woopen*, MSc., Bastian Lampe*, MSc., Torben Böddeker*, MSc., Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lutz Eckstein, Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen;
Alexandru Kampmann*, MSc., Dr.-Ing. Bassam Alrifaee*, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kowalewski, Informatik 11 – Embedded Software, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen;
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Moormann, Institute for Flight System Dynamics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen;
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Torben Stolte*, MSc., Inga Jatzkowski*, MSc., Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Maurer, Institute of Control Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig;
Mischa Möstl*, MSc., Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Ernst, Institute of Computer and Network Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig;
Stefan Ackermann*, MSc., Christian Amersbach*, MSc., Dr.-Ing. Stefan Leinen*, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hermann Winner, Institute of Automotive Engineering, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt;
Dominik Püllen*, MSc., Prof. Dr. Stefan Katzenbeisser, Security Engineering Group, Computer Science Department, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt;
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Becker, Chair of Physical and Satellite Geodesy, Institute of Geodesy, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt;
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Stiller, Institute for Measurement and Control, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe;
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Furmans, Institute for Material Handling and Logistics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe;
Prof. Dr. Klaus Bengler, Chair of Ergonomics, Technical University of Munich, Munich;
Dr.-Ing. Frank Diermeyer*, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Lienkamp, Chair of Automotive Technology, Technical University of Munich, Munich;
Dr.-Ing. Dan Keilhoff*, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Christian Reuss, Chair in Automotive Mechatronics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart;
Dr.-Ing. Michael Buchholz*, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Dietmayer,
Institute of Measurement, Control and Microtechnology, Ulm University, Ulm;
Dr.-Ing. Henning Lategahn, Atlatec GmbH, Karlsruhe;
Dr.-Ing. Norbert Siepenkötter, flyXdrive GmbH, Aachen;
Martin Elbs, IPG Automotive GmbH, Karlsruhe;
Dr.-Ing. Edgar v. Hinüber, iMar Navigation GmbH, St. Ingbert;
Marius Dupuis, VIRES Simulationstechnologie GmbH, Bad Aibling;
Christian Hecker, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach

* The marked authors are first authors with equal contribution

Summary

This paper introduces UNICARagil, a collaborative project carried out by a consortium of seven German universities and six industrial partners, with funding provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany. In the scope of this project, disruptive modular structures for agile, automated vehicle concepts are researched and developed. Four prototype vehicles of different
characteristics based on the same modular platform are going to be build up over a period of four years. The four fully automated and driverless vehicles demonstrate disruptive architectures in hardware and software, as well as disruptive concepts in safety, security, verification and validation. This paper outlines the most important research questions underlying the project.

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