HANDS-OFF RESEARCH

Korea University's vehicle control laboratory in South Korea is concerned mainly with technologies for enhancing road safety. Its main projects are to develop a driverless vehicle, a lane departure warning system, and a drowsy driver warning system. It is also developing a centrally controlled navigation system, completely different from any now on the market. The driverless vehicle is being developed to combine the freedom of personal vehicles with the reliability and safety of trains. In designing such a vehicle, the basic task is to transfer human intelligence for driving into moving vehicles, so that they can take over steering and cruising control functions. There must be no error in vehicle control functions on a moving vehicle, because human intervention is not easily available. Thus there must be perfect execution of the transferred intelligence by the vehicle. The first version, a small driverless jeep, was demonstrated in 1992. The fifth and latest version is a driverless saloon car, which can steer and cruise in actual road traffic at about 100kph, without any malfunction, for up to about 25,000km. The lane departure, warning, and prevention system monitors a traffic lane and warns if the vehicle starts to deviate from it.

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• Authors:
  • Han, M-H
• Publication Date: 1998-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 27-8
• Serial:
  • Traffic Technology International
  • Publisher: AutoIntermediates Limited
  • ISSN: 1356-9252
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_traffic.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Automation; Automobiles; Control; Drivers; Driving; Improvements; Organizations; Physiological fatigue; Road pricing; Safety; Technology; Traffic lanes; Universities and colleges; Universities and colleges; Vehicles; Warning systems
• Geographic Terms: South Korea
• ITRD Terms: 3882: Automatic; 1243: Car; 3874: Control; 1772: Driver; 1855: Driving (veh); 2222: Fatigue (human); 9108: Improvement; 9057: Organization (association); 8092: Republic of Korea; 240: Road pricing; 1665: Safety; 3855: Technology; 2827: Traffic lane; 111: University; 1255: Vehicle; 9113: Warning
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00759400
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Feb 19 1999 12:00AM