Automatic lateral emergency collision avoidance for a passenger car

Automatic lateral emergency collision avoidance for a passenger car

Scaled Experimental Study of an Automatic Collision Avoidance System for Passenger Cars

In this paper, an automatic pre–crash collision avoidance strategy for cars is presented. It produces a collision avoidance manoeuvre, if feasible, or, otherwise, an emergency braking to reduce the energy at the impact. The manoeuvre is generated relying on the use of sliding mode control. The performances of the proposed collision avoidance system are tested on a scaled radio–controlled car an...

Automatic Collision Avoidance Systems: Towards 21st Century

More than about sixty per cent of casualties at sea are caused by collisions ref.1. So the results from the solution to this problem is the most urgent issue that we must face. Many measures have already been developed, but the ACAS will be new and possibly one of the most effective. A large proportion of accidents are caused by human error and the right approach to automation could help to red...

Highly Efficient: ZF’s Nine-Speed Automatic Passenger Car Transmission

In 2013, ZF Friedrichshafen AG was launching the world's first nine-speed automatic transmission (9HP) for passenger cars with front-transverse drive. With the two planned model ranges, the compact innovation covers a torque range between 200 and 480 Nm. Thanks to its modular concept, the basic transmission can be upgraded as required. This allows different starting elements and four-wheel driv...

A Collision Avoidance System for Workpiece Protection

This paper describes an application of Sandia's non-contact capacitive sensing technology for collision avoidance during the manufacturing of rocket engine thrust chambers. The collision avoidance system consists of an octagon shaped collar with a capacitive proximity sensor mounted on each face. The sensors produce electric fields which extend several inches from the face of the colIar and det...