Paper ID: 2210.12115

Pedestrian Emergency Braking in Ten Weeks

Steven Nguyen, Zillur Rahman, Brendan Tan Morris

In the last decade, research in the field of autonomous vehicles has grown immensely, and there is a wealth of information available for researchers to rapidly establish an autonomous vehicle platform for basic maneuvers. In this paper, we design, implement, and test, in ten weeks, a PD approach to longitudinal control for pedestrian emergency braking. We also propose a lateral controller with a similar design for future testing in lane following. Using widely available tools, we demonstrate the safety of the vehicle in pedestrian emergency braking scenarios.

Submitted: Oct 21, 2022