Reference Design WG Meeting (01/22/2025)

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Date: 2025-01-22

Time: 13:00 (UTC)

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Administrative

• Previous meeting minutes
• Reference Design project board
• Reference Design Roadmap

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Participants:

• Daniel Shih (Tier4/NTU)
• Stephen Li
• ChenYing Kuo (ADLink):
• Yoshihito Takashima (Tier IV)
• Paul Yeh (Tier IV)
• Hiroshi Igata (TierIV)
• Armagan Arslan (Hardware/Opening AD Kit WG)
• David Walmroth (Opening AD Kit WG)
• Ryohsuke Mitsudome (Tier4)
• Mark Jin (PixMoving)
• Christ John (Tier4)
• Bonolo (AWF)
• Samet Kutuk
• oguz (LeoDrive)
• Ahmet ( Robeff )
• Ben (Benoit le Bourgeois) (VDK)
• Ozkan (Robeff)
• Hans/Ming-Hong (KWT)
• Mark (KWT)
• Armagan Arslan (LeoDrive)
• Nancy Lee (PixMoving)
• Armagan Arslan (LeoDrive)
• Kristjan Vilipold (Auve Tech)

Agenda:

• New Member Introduction
• EEA of the LSV from VDK (Ben)
• Overview of MICA from Auve Tech (Kristjan)
• ODD Evaluation: (Daniel)
• Plan for the reference design WG for 2025.
• Next Meeting will be Feb. 12th.

Meeting Materials:

• Chassis design proposed by VDK: file
• Chassis design by Auve Tech file
• ODD Evaluation:
  • Summary excel for 2024-1201
• Document Timeline:
  • Radar Chart: file
  • Road map and timeline

Action items:

[chishengshih]

• Participants:
• Kristjan Vilipold (Auve Tech)
  • EEA from VDK:
    • CAN: Motor control, steering control
    • Ethernet: NXP, infotainment, Autonomy
    • NXP: lighting, vehicle control
    • David:
      • Zonal controller on Ben's drawing
      • Orin or Intel or Orin + intel?
      • Infotainment:
  • Kristjan Vilipold: Auve Tech
    • Mica for 8 passenger: https://auve.tech/products/mica/
    • Iseauto for 8 passengers: https://auve.tech/products/iseauto/
      • Dimensions:
        • Length: 3500 mm (137.8”)
        • Width: 1500 mm (59.06”)
        • Height: 2400 mm (94.49”)
        • Wheelbase: 2550 mm (100.39”)
        • Curb weight: 1250 kg (2755 lbs)
        • Permissible mass: 1925 kg (4244 lbs)
    • Start to use Autoware one year ago (2023/2024)
      • Based in Estonia
      • Started from a university project
        • to celebrate the university's 100th birthday.
        • Au: autonomous, Ve: vehicle.
    • Company profiles:
      • 60 employee
      • 41 shuttle built
      • 16 countries.
        • Europe:
        • US:
        • Mid-east:
        • Japan: Level 4
    • Vehicle:
      • 4200 (L) x 2500 (H) x 1850mm (W)
      • Speed up to 25 km/h
      • 8 seats to avoid the licensing issues. M1 category
    • Sensors:
      • 7 lidars:
        • 4 x 360 Lidar for localization
        • SSD lidar and others
      • 10 camera
      • Radar
      • GPS
    • Benchmark the sensors and consider their cost.
    • Controlling:
      • operate without humans.
        • how about teleoperating? In Japan and US.
      • Redundant brake, steering, etc, for safety.
      • Several Emergency buttons on the vehicle.
      • Vehicle can be controlled via:
        • Joystick
        • Tablet.
        • Teleoperation
    • ECU:
      • X86 + nVidia:
      • ARM: camera
    • Samet:
      • I understand that you have policies behind safety for the system - but do you also have any sort of certifiability? Or any work around ISO26262, SOTIF, SEEoC?
      • It depends on the local regulations.
    • ODD:
      • ODD definition for Lv2
      • Open/Public
      • Snow
      • Teleoperate on close area if possible.
    • What if accident/incident
    • Battery:
      • 400V(?)
  • PixMoving:
    • Similar sensor configuration.