Virtual Validation of Automated, Autonomous and Connected Mobility at the University Campus of Stuttgart

Abstract

The mobility of the future is not only relevant for passenger and goods traffic in large cities and on the highway. For an attractive and vital campus with intelligent infrastructure modern mobility is also an important precondition for achieveing excellent results in studies, research and teaching. This manuscript gives insights in current results of the Mobility Living Lab of the University of Stuttgart where the campus is going to be redesigned by an innovative mobility concept. One inherent big challenge is the development and validation of automated driving functions for the future campus shuttle and the autonomous e-scotters which can be supported by modern simulation environments like Tronis^®. Especially the connectivity between the different protagonists in the campus mobility is essential e.g. for traffic safety and infotainment. Herein we present results and plans from the corresponding research projects SMART (BMBF) and AINET-ANTILLAS (BMBF/CELTIC-NEXT). We focus on the topics connectivity, automation and simulation which have been realised in collaboration between the University of Stuttgart and TWT in teaching courses. In these courses driver assistance systems are concepted, implemented and virtually validated to become employed in real scenarios in the further course of the project Mobility Living Lab.