UK-based Oxford Technical Solutions (OxTS) has delivered its first indoor positioning solution on the second level of Horiba Mira’s Assured CAV Parking facility, a first-of-its-kind, purpose-built multi-storey car park for the testing and development of automated valet parking (AVP).
The custom-developed solution meets Horiba Mira’s requirements of ≤ 5cm position accuracy, and ≤/= 1° heading accuracy, up to speeds of at least 30km/h (18.6mph), which is suitable for parking scenarios that involve low-speed manoeuvres with small vehicle-to-target distances.
The solution also enables safe and repeatable path following through the use of AB Dynamics driving robots.
To achieve these outcomes, OxTS has introduced ultra-wideband (UWB), from technology partner Pozyx, as an aiding source for the RT3000 v3.
“The result is a solution that assures the necessary safety, accuracy and repeatability to begin validating AVP and ADAS with confidence,” said Ashley Patton, lead CAV test engineer at Horiba Mira.
OxTS senior business manager Simon Thompson added: “Providing a technologically and commercially viable indoor positioning solution is the largest engineering challenge OxTS has tackled in its recent history.
“Our R&D efforts have long told us that the UWB-aided solution had potential to open up the indoors to the automotive testing industry, and this was a fantastic opportunity to prove it, and refine it.”
Development is now underway to extend the solution’s capability to include inside-outside and floor-to-floor transitions.
