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|Summary=Design and implementation of a protocol that enables Vulnerable Road Users to share their intentions with vehicles.
|TimeFrame=Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
|References=Gradient navigation model for pedestrian dynamics https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.89.062801

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS); Vehicular communications; Basic set of applications; Part 2: Specification of Cooperative Awareness basic service (EN 302 637-2 - V1.4.1)

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS);
Vulnerable Road Users (VRU) awareness; Part 3: Specification of VRU awareness basic service; Release 2 (TS 03.300.3.v2.1.1)
|Prerequisites=Programming; Ability to work with Single-board Computers running Linux distributions;
Trigonometry; Differential Equations.
|Supervisor=Oscar Amador Molina, Elena Haller
|Level=Flexible
|Status=Open
}}
This project is a larger effort to enable Vision Zero Day 3 objectives: intention sharing between road users. The project can be divided in different items that are projects of their own:


PART I: Design and implementation of an embedded system which analyzes the dynamics of an e-bike or scooter (i.e., speed, heading, past trajectory), and can share their desired path for a short time window.

-	Using a mobility model based on ODEs, as well as sensors (e.g., GPS, gyroscope, accelerometer), the “ego” e-bike determines its most likely trajectory and lets other users know its desired path for the next steps (e.g., the next 1--2 seconds).

-	The expected results of this project are 1) an embedded system that shows the trajectory “reservation” for the bike/scooter visually (e.g., on a computer), and 2) the draft of an extension for the ETSI VAM protocol that shares the "reservation" through a message (e.g., that is then read by a Road-side Unit).


PART II: Design of an intention sharing protocol where VRUs and vehicles are connected and share their desired trajectories for longer time windows.

-	Following the same process as part 1, we share our intended trajectory for a longer period and listen to the intentions from other road users. Then, we act upon that information (e.g., slow down if we detect a risk for collision, form a cluster if intentions are similar)

-	The result is an extension to the ETSI VAM protocol for clustering, and a proposal for an intention sharing service where VRUs and vehicles interact.