Development and Evaluation of Automated Vehicle Guidance Control in Local Area by Recognition and Control Devices on Roadside

Abstract

This paper reports the development and evaluation of an automatic driving system in a local area whereby the vehicle motion is controlled by recognition and control devices on roadside and site structures. In the proposed control system, the vehicles have to be equipped with just communication devices for automatic driving, because the sensing and motion control is performed by the outer recognition and control devices. This feature reduces the vehicle cost of automatic driving, thus enhancing the social acceptance of automatic driving vehicles. In the paper the developed prototype of the proposed system and the result of questionnaire by those who experienced the system are reported.