The narrow road assistant - evolution towards highly automated driving in inner city

With the “narrow road assistant” (NRA), this contribution elaborates on an inner-city ADAS that supports the driver in safely passing narrow road passages. The system offers early scenario-specific information together with automated support in steering and braking. The solved challenges and gathered experiences will ease and accelerate the development of future functions for piloted inner-city driving. In this sense, the function is an important evolutionary step towards highly automated driving in urban areas. The ADAS was realized in the context of the publicly-funded project UR:BAN, which started in 2012. In October 2015 the project UR:BAN reached its peak in a public presentation in Düsseldorf Germany. Numerous driving demonstrations allowed guests an independent evaluation on a larger scale. The Bosch NRA performed in all situations reliably surpassing the expectations of many guests. The focus of the contribution will be on the detailed description of the system and its evaluation.

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