Train Here, Drive There: Simulating Real-World Use Cases with Fully-Autonomous Driving Architecture in CARLA Simulator

  • Carlos Gómez-Huélamo*
  • , Javier Del Egido
  • , Luis M. Bergasa
  • , Rafael Barea
  • , Elena López-Guillén
  • , Felipe Arango
  • , Javier Araluce
  • , Joaquín López
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This work presents the validation of our fully-autonomous driving architecture in the CARLA open-source simulator, by using some challenging driving scenarios inspired on the CARLA Autonomous Driving Challenge (CADC), focusing on our decision-making layer, based on Hierarchical Interpreted Binary Petri Nets (HIBPN). First, our ROS (Robot Operating System) based autonomous driving architecture is introduced. Second, the CARLA simulator is described, outlining the steps conducted to merge our architecture with this simulator and the advantages to create ad-hoc driving scenarios for use cases validation. Finally, the paper validates the architecture by means of some challenging driving scenarios such as: Stop, Pedestrian Crossing, Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and Unexpected Pedestrian. Some qualitative (video files) and quantitative (trajectory and linear velocity segmented with its corresponding Petri Net states) results are presented for each use case, validating our architecture in simulation as a preliminary stage before implementing it in our real autonomous electric car.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Physical Agents II - Proceedings of the 21st International Workshop of Physical Agents WAF 2020
EditorsLuis M. Bergasa, Manuel Ocaña, Rafael Barea, Elena López-Guillén, Pedro Revenga
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages44-59
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783030625788
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event21st International Workshop of Physical Agents, WAF 2020 - Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Duration: 19 Nov 202020 Nov 2020

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume1285
ISSN (Print)2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)2194-5365

Conference

Conference21st International Workshop of Physical Agents, WAF 2020
Country/TerritorySpain
CityAlcalá de Henares, Madrid
Period19/11/2020/11/20

Keywords

  • Autonomous vehicles
  • CARLA
  • Decision-making
  • ROS
  • Simulation
  • Use cases

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