Labs
Portable Experiment Data Acquisition Lab (PEDAL)
We run a sensor-equipped bicycle for traffic data acquisition. The bicycle features
- a 120 degree solid-state Lidar,
- two front- and rear-mounted stereoscopic Full HD cameras,
- a gnss-aided inertia navigation system, and
- a high performance mobile computation unit.
The sensors are placed in the same spot as on a passenger car in order to ensure comparability.
Additionally, using a bicycle allows for certain maneuvers in road traffic that would be prohibited when driving a car. These can then be detected using our automated driving verification stack. This involves rules like
- running a red light (when there is a green arrow only for bicycles),
- driving on a one-way road in the opposite direction (when permitted for bicycles), and
- driving in pedestrian and bicycle zones.