An Experimental and Feasibility Study of Tele-operated Autonomous Vehicles

With emerging 5G, tele-operated AVs where a human operator remotely drives an "autonomous" vehicle (AV) has gained momentum as an alternative for leveraging AVs to tackle societal challenges. The the study team proposes to conduct an experiments-driven and measurement-based feasibility study of AV tele-operations (i) to identify the key infrastructure (networking & edge computing) requirements for supporting tele-operated AVs; and (ii) to build a semi-virtual simulation environment for studying AV tele-operations. The proposed project builds on the combined expertise of the research team and leverages the unique MnCAV resource at CTS. It will lay the foundation for future funding opportunities, and help position UMN as a leader in AV tele-operation research.

• Record URL:
  https://www.cts.umn.edu/research/project/an-experimental-and-feasibility-study-of-tele-operated-autonomous-vehicles

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $50000
• Contract Numbers:

  CTS #2023021

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota

  University Office Plaza, Suite 440
  2221 University Avenue SE
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55414
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Minnesota Department of Computer Science and Engineering

  200 Union St SE
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455
• Principal Investigators:

  Zhang, Zhi-Li

• Start Date: 20220701
• Expected Completion Date: 20240831
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Computer networks; Feasibility analysis; Remote control; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01855096
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• Contract Numbers: CTS #2023021
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Aug 19 2022 11:56AM