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Minimal Risk Manoeuvre Strategies for Cooperative and Collaborative Automated Vehicles
Authors: Victoria Vu, Fredrik Warg, Anders Thorsén, Stig Ursing, Fredrik Sunnerstam, Jimmy Holler, Carl Bergenhem and Irina Cosmin
Abstract:

During the last decade, there has been significant increase in research focused on automated vehicles (AVs) and ensuring safe operation of these vehicles. However, challenges still remain, some involving the cooperation and collaboration of multiple AVs, including when and how to perform a minimal risk manoeuvre (MRM), leading to a minimal risk condition (MRC) when an AV within one of these systems is unable to complete its original goal. As most literature is focused on individual AVs, there is a need to adapt and extend the knowledge and techniques to these new contexts. Based on existing knowledge of individual AVs, this paper explores MRM strategies involving cooperative and collaborative AV systems with different capabilities. Specifically, collaborative systems have the potential to enact local MRCs, allowing continued productivity despite having one (or several) of its constituents encounter a fault. Definitions are provided for local and global MRCs, alongside discussions of their implications for MRMs. Illustrative examples are also presented for each type of system.

Keywords: Automated vehicles, automated driving systems, cooperative vehicles, collaborative vehicles, minimal risk manoeuvre, minimal risk condition, degraded operation, safety.
Year-Month: 2023-06
Published: 2023 53rd Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops (DSN-W)
Publication type: Workshop paper
Workshop: 9th International Workshop on Safety and Security of Intelligent Vehicles (SSIV 2023)
Pages: 116--123
Bibtex:
@inproceedings{MRMCoopCollAV_ssiv2023,
  title     = {Minimal Risk Manoeuvre Strategies for Cooperative and Collaborative Automated Vehicles},
  author    = {Vu, Victoria and Warg, Fredrik and Thorsén, Anders and Ursing, Stig and Sunnerstam, Fredrik and Holler, Jimmy and Bergenhem, Carl and Cosmin, Irina},
  year      = {2023},
  month     = {06},
  abstract  = {During the last decade, there has been significant increase in research focused on automated vehicles (AVs) and ensuring safe operation of these vehicles. However, challenges still remain, some involving the cooperation and collaboration of multiple AVs, including when and how to perform a minimal risk manoeuvre (MRM), leading to a minimal risk condition (MRC) when an AV within one of these systems is unable to complete its original goal. As most literature is focused on individual AVs, there is a need to adapt and extend the knowledge and techniques to these new contexts. Based on existing knowledge of individual AVs, this paper explores MRM strategies involving cooperative and collaborative AV systems with different capabilities. Specifically, collaborative systems have the potential to enact local MRCs, allowing continued productivity despite having one (or several) of its constituents encounter a fault. Definitions are provided for local and global MRCs, alongside discussions of their implications for MRMs. Illustrative examples are also presented for each type of system.},
  keywords  = {Automated vehicles, automated driving systems, cooperative vehicles, collaborative vehicles, minimal risk manoeuvre, minimal risk condition, degraded operation, safety.},
  booktitle = {2023 53rd Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops (DSN-W)},
  doi       = {10.1109/DSN-W58399.2023.00039},
  pages     = {116--123},
  note      = {Publication data: https://warg.org/fredrik/publ/}
}