A Modular, Hybrid System Architecture for Autonomous, Urban Driving
Author(s) -
D. Wooden,
Matt Powers,
Magnus Egerstedt,
Henrik I. Christensen,
Tucker Balch
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of aerospace computing information and communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1940-3151
pISSN - 1542-9423
DOI - 10.2514/1.33349
Subject(s) - modular design , architecture , automaton , hybrid system , computer science , drone , systems architecture , systems engineering , computer architecture , embedded system , engineering , control engineering , artificial intelligence , geography , operating system , archaeology , machine learning , biology , genetics
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2514/1.33349Copyright © 2007 by
the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.Autonomous navigation in urban environments inevitably leads to having to switch between var-
ious, sometimes con
icting control tasks. Sting Racing, a collaboration between Georgia Tech and
SAIC, has developed a modular control architecture for this purpose and this paper describes the
operation and de nition of this architecture through so-called nested hybrid automata. We show
how to map the requirements associated with the DARPA Urban Grand Challenge onto these nested
automata and illustrate their operation through a number of experimental results
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