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The Autonomy Lab

Swami GopalswamyTexas A&M

Connected, Autonomous and Safe Transportation (CAST) Program

A RELLIS campus initiative

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Why Connected, Autonomous Vehicles?

Source: Eno Report, October 2013

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Today’s Automotive Embedded SoftwareSafety a Growing Concern for many Automotive OEMs

100 million lines of code

Dramatic Failures Led by Automotive, But Across Industries

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Can we guarantee safety?

Can we prove our system is safe?◦ Too Complex

Can we test the heck out of our system and show that it is safe?◦ Impractical

◦ May be some …

Can we at least follow “industry best” practices? !◦ Absolutely! … may be …

◦ Model Based Systems Engineering, ISO26262, Requirements Driven Development, Architecture Driven Development, Virtual Simulation Based Testing …

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How about Autonomous Vehicles?System More Complex!

◦ New Sensors, Multiple Sensors

◦ New Suppliers, Distributed Development

◦ “Safety Mindset” of traditional automotive players weds “Fast Innovation Mindset” of robotics researchers

Non-Determinism◦ Human Decision Making

◦ Driver

◦ Co-Driver

◦ Pedestrian

◦ Machine Learning

http://www.edge-case-research.com/functionalsafety

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The VisionTo advance research and knowledge generation in the area of safety technologies for the autonomous vehicle landscape◦ That will allow us (the society) to reap all the promised benefits of autonomous

mobility as soon as we can

To position Texas A&M System as one of the globally premier research organizations in the area of autonomous vehicles, with focus on safety◦ Leverage World Class Expertise in

◦ Transportation and Infrastructure Technologies, AND

◦ Autonomous Vehicle Technologies, AND

◦ The RELLIS Campus

◦ To focus on Safety

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Collaborative and System Wide

• College of Engineering• TTI• RELLIS Campus

High Visibility Technology Demonstrator Platforms• Anchor A variety of

research projects• Learning platforms• Safety Characterization

and Analysis

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Taking deliberate steps towards evaluating autonomous vehicle system safety through Technology Development Platforms

Dedicated Lane Low Speed Autonomous Vehicle Technology Demonstrator Platform (DLLSAV-TDP)

Autonomous Vehicle Scaled Indoor Technology Demonstrator Platform (AVSI-TDP)

Virtual Autonomous Vehicle System Technology Demonstrator Platform (VAVS-TDP)

Extensive in-road testing (mostly uncontrolled environment)

Download new software into the car …

Research Autonomous Vehicle Technology Demonstrator Platform(s) (RAVTDP)

Connected Environment (eg. City) Infrastructure at the RELLIS Campus

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Our Distinguished Panelists

Roger Berg is Vice President of DENSO’s North American

Research and Development group. He is responsible for

DENSO’s regional Research and Development of

connected vehicles, automation and cyber security at their

laboratories in both California and Michigan. He also

coordinates closely with DENSO’s research and product

groups in sister organizations located in the US, Japan,

Germany and China.

Berg has experience in military, consumer and automotive

electronics from previous engineering and executive

positions at Northrop Grumman, Motorola, Sony combined

with his 15 years at DENSO.

Berg earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical

Engineering from the University of Illinois in Urbana, Ill., and

a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Illinois

Institute of Technology in Chicago. He is the inventor or co-

inventor on eight U.S. and international patents. He is a

long standing member of SAE and IEEE, and sits on the

USDOT’s ITS Policy Advisory Committee.

Robin R. Murphy is the Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University and director of the TEES Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue. She has over 150 publications on artificial intelligence for robots including Introduction to AI Robotics and the award-winning Disaster Robotics. An IEEE Fellow, a TED speaker, and founder of Roboticists Without Borders, she has deployed ground, air, and marine robots to over 24 disasters in five countries including the 9/11 World Trade Center, Katrina, and Fukushima.

Ahmed Mahmoud is Chief Information Officer for Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain at General Motors. Prior to that he had been Senior Vice President in Global Information Technology at HP, Senior VP and CIO at Advanced Micro Devices, VP – IT Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain at Dell.

Mahmound earned his Bachelo’r and Master’s in Physics from Texas A&M University.