The technology company Continental is continuing the series of its PRORETA research projects together with the
PRORETA 5 is dedicated to one of the most demanding tasks for automated driving: recognizing complex traffic situations in city centers and how algorithms derive the right driving decisions from sensor data. By the end of 2022, algorithms based on artificial intelligence (AI) for the entire chain of effects of automated driving are to be developed and tested.
With an unregulated intersection, for example, it is a challenge to correctly interpret all objects relevant to the planned direction of travel, their direction of movement, intention and priority without human intervention. Artificial intelligence (AI) plays a key role in this. AI methods are to be tested where the implementation of classic approaches becomes too complex or reaches its limits. The big advantage of AI is that after a training phase, it is able to draw correct conclusions based on what it has learned, even in unknown situations. The motto 'urbAn drIving' reflects this element.
Division of tasks: more than the sum of the parts
The three-and-a-half year term PRORETA 5 project (2019-2022) examines the algorithms of cognition, behavior prediction and decision-making in a demonstration vehicle built and equipped by Continental. At the end of the project in
The algorithms based on artificial intelligence should be able to correctly recognize and interpret such complex traffic scenarios so that correct driving decisions can then be made. Part of this will be watching the human driver reduce and evaluate the complexity of the environment. The learnable algorithms of the PRORETA 5 project are to be trained according to similar principles in order to achieve a driving performance comparable to that of humans.
Research contribution from TU Darmstadt
The longstanding cooperation between Continental and the
In order to be able to optimally and efficiently cover the individual processing steps along the chain of effects of automated driving with new solutions, the current PRORETA project was expanded to an inter-university and international level. The long-established cooperation between Continental and the TU Darmstadt, which has dedicated itself to individual sub-tasks of driver assistance and automation, forms the basis for the integration of further universities in the ongoing research cooperation.
The project coordinator on the university side, Professor Dr.
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'The teamwork between Continental industry experts, doctoral students and students offers the opportunity to develop the latest future technology for the mobility of tomorrow, in a very realistic way in the vehicle. This cooperation is valuable for both sides. '
The team at TU Darmstadt focuses on the topics of systems and safety engineering, trajectory planning and control technology. The vehicle, which was initially trained in
In addition to the TU Darmstadt, the
PRORETA
TU Darmstadt has had a longstanding partnership with the technology company Continental. The joint PRORETA project is named after the upper boatswain on ancient Roman ships warning of shallows.
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