Fundamental Study on Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Merging Control for Trucks on Expressway

Abstract

Japan is currently facing issues such as a shortage of truck drivers and an increase in logistics volume due to the spread of internet shopping services. The practical application of self-driving trucks is expected to solve these issues, and development is underway with the aim of realizing level 4 self-driving trucks on highways after 2026. When merging at a merging section of a highway, vehicles need to accelerate or decelerate depending on the speed of other vehicles traveling on the main line. In this study, we consider a smooth merging control algorithm for self-driving trucks using infrastructure cooperation.