UNICARagil autoSHUTTLE

Demonstrating the future of urban transportation

Fields of application

• Developed in the UNICARagil project.
  • One of four prototypes for different use-cases.
  • More information on the different vehicles and concepts can be found here: www.unicaragil.de
• Development, integration and evaluation of automated and connected driving functions for vehicles and intelligent infrastructure
• Demonstration of research results from various research projects

Technical data and features

Sensors

• Four identical sensor modules for 360° coverage, each consisting of:
  • 2 far-view cameras in stereo mode
  • 2 wide angle cameras for 270° coverage
  • 2 radar sensors
  • 1 rotating LiDAR sensor for 270° coverage
  • 1 inertial measurement unit
  • 1 HPC unit for data processing
• Redundant platform sensor belt for risk minimal maneuvers
  • 36 ultrasonic sensors
  • 4 surround view cameras
  • 4 exterior microphones
  • 2 radar sensors

Localization

• RTK GPS system for centimeter-precise localization
• Camera based localization

Communication

• 5G Router
• 802.11p/ITS-G5 capable V2X communication modem

Architecture

• Novel E/E-architecture:
  • 5 high-performance GPU workstations (cerembrum)
    • Linux operating system
    • Container-driven software stack running ROS / ROS2 / ASOA
  • 1 fail operational ARM-based safety ecu for control (brain stem)
  • 4 microcontroller-based dynamics module ECUs for actuation (spinal cord)
• Novel Software architecture:
  • Automotive grade service-oriented software architecture (ASOA)
  • Running on all HPCs and ECUs
  • Centralized orchestration during runtime

Actuators

• Interface to the vehicle via real-time prototyping system
• Wheel independent brake, drive and steer by wire
• Up to 90° steering angle on each wheel
• Up to 2.000 Nm of torque per wheel