Development of a reliable V2V vehicle connection in urban buses

Public transport — https://www.designboom.com/technology/us-wants-all-cars-to-talk-to-each-other-with-v2v-technology/

Bus — https://nl.linkedin.com/company/ebusco

An important component of automated driving is the communication between vehicles. In this thesis, a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) system for a platooning application will be developed and tested between two vehicles. In so-called platooning, the automated following of several vehicles with the help of a technical control system without mechanical coupling in a small distance.

The thesis is supervised in cooperation with a bus manufacturer and there is the possibility to work directly on site for a limited period of time. The company is located in Deurne in the Netherlands near Eindhoven.
(More Information about Platooning: https://www.kit.edu/kit/pi_2021_050_munchner-stadtbus-der-zukunft-fahrt-in-kolonne.php)

Goals:

Introduction to the structure and exchange of CAN messages
Implementation and test of a V2V communication interface
Evaluation of the transmission properties (e.g. stability, latencies)

Requirements:

Interest in hardware, connected vehicles and data processing
Good programming knowledge in C/C++ or Python
Experience with ROS advantageous
Good English skills; Independent and solution-oriented way of working