CoCar NextGen: a Multi-Purpose Platform for Connected Autonomous Driving Research

TL;DR

CoCar NextGen is a versatile, modular platform equipped with advanced hardware and sensors, enabling comprehensive real-world testing and research for achieving SAE Level 5 automated driving.

Contribution

The paper introduces CoCar NextGen, a flexible, multi-purpose platform with next-generation hardware and extensive sensors designed for diverse automated driving research scenarios.

Findings

Supports deployment on public roads for real-world testing

Enables development of cross-domain data-driven approaches

Facilitates research towards SAE Level 5 automation

Abstract

Real world testing is of vital importance to the success of automated driving. While many players in the business design purpose build testing vehicles, we designed and build a modular platform that offers high flexibility for any kind of scenario. CoCar NextGen is equipped with next generation hardware that addresses all future use cases. Its extensive, redundant sensor setup allows to develop cross-domain data driven approaches that manage the transfer to other sensor setups. Together with the possibility of being deployed on public roads, this creates a unique research platform that supports the road to automated driving on SAE Level 5.