Creation and Visualization of Road Networks and Traffic Scenarios in the Smart Mobility Lab
A large portion of the Smart Mobility Lab research is based on examining different traffic scenarios using autonomous model vehicles.
Prior to this project, the lab used a fixed road network that was taped to the floor which is in no way dynamic and limited the number of possible traffic scenarios. The aim of the project was to add a dynamic aspect and thereby present the possibility of creating scenario specific road networks. A MATLAB based GUI was built that allowed the user to interactively create road networks with a number of different functionalities. Another problem was the aesthetic appeal of the taped roads. In order to address this, a projector was mounted in the ceiling and another MATLAB based program was created that could be calibrated to the Motion Capture system and connected to the program that controlled the vehicles. This program could then project the road network on the floor and dynamically display changes to the network, such as traffic light states.
Erik Nylander and Jonathan Wäng