Description
This module starts with the history of the development of the technology of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) and provides an overview of CAVs including both road- and non-road-based CAVs (e.g., cars, buses, pods, drones). After providing various examples of CAVs to illustrate their infrastructure requirements as well as operation/decision making process in different scenarios and at different levels of autonomy, this module will look into the potential benefits and drawbacksofdeployment of CAVsonthe societyand on the environment beyond the claims of technology developers, the potential barriers to large-scale CAV deployment, and the implications for cybersecurity, ethics, safety and regulations. Furthermore, the decision-making process of humans will be explained and compared to the decision-making process of automated systems in order to understand the requirements for a successful interaction between CAVs , infrastructure and other users. Hence, this module forms the basis for understanding the requirements for CAV development and testing in the context of the society in which they would be deployed.
Learning Outcomes
On successfully completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain and critique the SAE classification for levels of autonomy;
- Assess the potential benefits, drawbacks, barriers and implications of CAVs for cybersecurity, ethics, safety and regulations;
- Recognise and reflect on the issues with existing human-machine interaction systems;
- Develop strategies to apply creative thinking to improve the communications or/and automatic control systems.
Reading List:
- Market Forecast for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Catapult Transport Systems, 2017.
- R. Hussain and S. Zeadally, "Autonomous Cars: Research Results, Issues, and Future Challenges," in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 1275-1313, 2018.
- Vlahogianni, E.I., Karlaftis, M.G. and Golias, J.C., “Short-term traffic forecasting: Where we are and where we’re going”, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 43, pp.3-19, 2014.
- M. Kyriakidis et al. “A human factors perspective on automated driving”, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, vol. 20(3), 2019.
- S. Chung, A. A. Paranjape, P. Dames, S. Shen and V. Kumar, "A Survey on Aerial Swarm Robotics," in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 837-855, 2018.
- Jeff Funk (2014) “Drones and their Increasing Number of Applications”.
- House of Lords (2017),“Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: The future?”.
- TSC (2017),“Future Proofing Infrastructure for Connected and Automated Vehicles”, Technical Report.
- Greater London Authority (2018), “Mayor’s Transport Strategy”.
- London Assembly (2018), “Future transport How is London responding to technological innovation?”.
- Andrew Haylen (2019) “Civilian drones”, House of Commons Library.
- Government Office of Science (2019) “A time of unprecedented change in the transport system”.
- The Future of Mobility (2019), “A time of unprecedented change in the transport system”
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.