V&V4NGC Methods, Processes and tool chains for the Validation & Verification of Next Generation Car

Kurzfassung

In the project Methods, Processes and Tool Chains for the Validation & Verification of Next Generation Car (V&V4NGC), a first version of the NGC simulation infrastructure was completed (milestone completed). With this framework, automated driving functions can be systematically tested by means of simulation before physical commissioning. The overarching goal is to enable a simulation-based release or approval of automated driving functions in a known Operational Design Domain (ODD). The framework supports the following aspects: Creation of validated simulation environments by pre-processed geodata. Integration of new vehicle models including their driving dynamics properties based on digital models. Scenario-based risk assessment and simulation of automated driving functions. Simulation-based evaluation of human-machine interaction, in particular when considering the interaction between automation and vulnerable road users (VRUs), as well as the user interfaces in the vehicle (HMI) and outside the vehicle (eHMI). Procedures for online verification of the driving function and monitoring of the ODD during operation. Hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) setup for the integration of control units for the execution of driving functions, safety monitors and procedures for safe updates (online update) during operation on the basis of a prototypical DevOps flows. Support for the design, training and validation of AI-based driving dynamics control algorithms using physical modelling standards and standardized interfaces for embedded systems in the simulator and in the real system. Specification of complex real-time properties across electronic control units and their monitoring during operation. These different aspects in the verification and validation of highly automated driving functions are built up in the project in different tool chains and examined and evaluated in individual experiments using a virtual drive through the city of Braunschweig.