Fleet of miniature cars for experiments in cooperative driving, Prorok Lab, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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Developer - Prorok Lab (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=20707)

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https://youtu.be/2oJFQnbN5CA

A fleet of miniature cars for experiments in cooperative driving (https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.06133)

Published on Sep 24, 2018


We introduce a unique experimental testbed that consists of a fleet of 16 miniature Ackermann-steering vehicles. We are motivated by a lack of available low-cost platforms to support research and education in multi-car navigation and trajectory planning. This video accompanies an article that elaborates the design of our miniature robotic car, the Cambridge Minicar, as well as the fleet’s control architecture. Our experimental testbed allows us to implement state-of-the-art driver models as well as autonomous control strategies, and test their validity in a real, physical multi-lane setup. Through experiments on our miniature highway, we are able to tangibly demonstrate the benefits of cooperative driving on multi-lane road topographies. Our setup paves the way for indoor large-fleet experimental research.

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Article "Mini robotic cars show how driverless cars improve traffic flow (https://www.verdict.co.uk/mini-driverless-cars-improve-traffic)"

by Robert Scammell
May 20, 2019