Title
An analysis of a layered system architecture for autonomous construction vehicles
Abstract
It has been suggested in the literature to organize software in autonomous vehicles as hierarchical layers where each layer makes its own decisions based on its own world model. This paper presents two alternative designs for autonomous construction vehicles based on the layered framework 4D/RCS. As a first step, the typical use cases for these vehicles were defined. Then one use case for a hauler was traversed through the two alternatives to see how they supported safety, flexibility and the use of a product platform. We found that the coordination between bucket control and motion control must be done at a low level in the hierarchy and that the relationship between the vehicle actuators and the built-in autonomous system is important for how the software is organized.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/SYSCON.2015.7116814
SysCon
Keywords
Field
DocType
automotive systems,autonomous vehicles,system architecture,systems engineering,systems-of-systems,actuators,computer architecture,asphalt
Motion control,Use case,Control engineering,Software,Autonomous system (mathematics),Systems architecture,Engineering,Hierarchy,Actuator
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1944-7620
0
0.34
References 
Authors
4
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sara Dersten171.62
Jakob Axelsson217526.05
Joakim Fröberg3394.44