CyberC3: Cybercar Automated Vehicles in China

This paper introduces the background, objectives, and main activities of the CyberC3 (Cybernetic Technologies for Cars in Chinese Cities) project, which liaises with the European CyberCars (Cybernetic Technologies for Cars in the City) project to transfer existing Cybercars technologies from Europe to China and to stimulate Cybercars' applications in China. The architecture of the CyberC3 system is described with the details of each sub-system, which are Vehicle System, Central Control System, and Station System. The Vehicle System is the most important part of the whole system, which is composed of Navigation Module, Planning Module, Control Module, and Communication Module. Some CyberC3 vehicles will be produced for the demonstration and the pilot application in China. China has great potentials in Cybercars application in large scale, for example, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the Shanghai 2010 World Expo. Feasibility studies will be carried on for above two sites. Some demonstrations and pilot applications will also be implemented on another two sites for field trials (Shanghai Century Park and Minhang campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University), in order to demonstrate their feasibility and effectiveness in solving urban mobility problems.