Colin EE Times6 Apr 2022 09:56
We Really Need to Talk About Mode Confusion
No trend toward autonomous
For too long, technology suppliers have relied on references to the levels of driving automation described in standard SAE J3016 as a substitute for substantive progress. First, this was a race to Level 5, and then to Level 4. Now, headlines are made with announcements for Level 3.
For all the inherent reassurance of a numbering system, the levels described in J3016 tell us nothing about the journey to safer roads. Phil Koopman, associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University, recently proposed the adoption of four categories of vehicle operation to replace J3016. These are driver assistance, supervised automation, autonomous operation, and vehicle testing.
Driver assistance comprises the familiar and well–established warning and intervention technologies, such as automatic emergency braking, forward–collision warning, lane–keep assist, and lane–departure warning. Supervised automation describes technology that provides automated longitudinal and lateral vehicle control, such as Ford’s BlueCruise, GM’s Super Cruise, and Tesla’s Autopilot.
Koopman defines autonomous operation as “the whole vehicle is completely capable of operation with no human monitoring.” Vehicle testing is defined as “a trained safety driver supervises the operation of an automation testing platform.”
Mapping Koopman’s definitions of vehicle operation onto a forecast for world light vehicle production produces the trend shown below, which includes a category called “No Assist” for completeness.
https://www.eetasia.com/we-really-need-to-talk-about-mode-confusion/
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