Iterative development of assistance and automation systems based on enhanced simulation and test beds

Kurzfassung

One motivation for the development of assistance and automation systems within the automotive domain is the support of safety and efficiency of traffic. Therefore, an iterative design process for adequate (considering human factors) and reliable (in particular safe) systems is essential. In the following article the steps within this iterative design process as well as the necessary instruments are described. Thereby, the described instruments are provided by research and development projects of TS focusing on different aspects of the development of assistance and automation systems. These projects deal with the automatic generation of virtual environments from data gathered in real world, a standardized architecture for test beds and field operational tests as well as the overall software architecture for distributed assistance and automation systems used at TS. Finally, the importance of these projects as well as the simulator facilities of TS within the iterative design process will be described. The interaction of these projects increases the efficiency when developing new applications at TS. Due to this iterative design process the consideration of safety related issues of new assistance and automation systems can be ensured on every stage of development process.