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Electronically Coupled Truck Platoons on German Highways

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In this paper, a brief introduction of Automated Truck Platoons on Motorways is given. It includes a description of the scenario “platoons organized by the driver”, the system architecture of the platoon system and a description of the Software architecture for a driver information system. The results of the accomplished system and acceptance tests of the platoon system in the truck driving simulator are summarized in this paper. Furthermore it contains an overview about the trial implementations on test tracks and on German motorways.

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  1. ZLW/IMA & IfU, RWTH Aachen University, Dennewartstr. 27, 52068, Aachen, Germany

    Richard Ramakers & Max Haberstroh

  2. IMA/ZLW & IfU - RWTH Aachen University, Dennewartstr. 27, 52068, Aachen, Germany

    Klaus Henning

  3. Institut für Kraftfahrzeuge (ika), RWTH Aachen University, Steinbachstr. 7, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Stefan Gies

  4. Institut für Regelungstechnik (IRT), RWTH Aachen University, Steinbachstr. 54, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Dirk Abel

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  1. , ZLW/IMA & IfU - Faculty of Mechanical En, RWTH Aachen University, Dennewartstraße 27, Aachen, 52068, Germany

    Sabina Jeschke

  2. , ZLW/IMA & IfU - Faculty of Mechanical En, RWTH Aachen, Dennewartstraße 27, Aachen, 52068, Germany

    Ingrid Isenhardt

  3. , ZLW/IMA & IfU - Faculty of Mechanical En, RWTH Aachen University, Dennewartstraße 27, Aachen, 52068, Germany

    Klaus Henning

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Ramakers, R., Henning, K., Gies, S., Abel, D., Haberstroh, M. (2011). Electronically Coupled Truck Platoons on German Highways. In: Jeschke, S., Isenhardt, I., Henning, K. (eds) Automation, Communication and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering 2009/2010. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16208-4_40

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