ITSC 2021 Scalable Risk

Automated Driving in Complex Real-World Scenarios using a Scalable Risk-Based Behavior Generation Framework

Malte Probst Raphael Wenzel Tim Puphal Misa Komuro Thomas H. Weisswange Nico Steinhardt Bram Bold Benedict Flade Yosuke Sakamoto Yuji Yasui Julian Eggert

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)

The task of driving autonomously is difficult due to the vast number of driving situations a system may be facing. Especially higher levels of automation in less restricted scopes remain a topic of active research. In previous work, we introduced a behavior planning system which uses analytic models to evaluate the quality of behavior holistically. It uses these models to generate quality-maximizing behavior instead of selecting among predefined behavior primitives. The system was able to solve various complex urban traffic scenarios in large-scale simulations. In this paper, we verify the system using multiple prototype vehicles on proving grounds in a number of difficult urban scenarios such as prioritized intersections or overtaking. We describe the system architecture and principles which render the system embodiment-agnostic and make extensions for additional features possible without massively increasing the complexity.

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