FUSE - FUnctional Safety and Evolvable architectures for autonomy

Purpose and goal

The goal for the project has been: For autonomy in the automotive industry: Propose how methods and standards for functional safety need to be modified. Create a reference architecture. Validate the solutions The goals have been fulfilled by structuring the area of functional safety for autonomous road vehicles, especially to identify what is specific for autonomous vehicles in comparison with ordinary manually driven road vehicles as of today, creating a reference architecture, and validating all the results in realistic examples.

Expected results and effects

The FUSE project has structured the area of functional safety for autonomous road vehicles. This has resulted in preliminary results, and in an identification of specific research topics needed to investigate: Driver Relations Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment Decision Hierarchy and Architectural Patterns Incomplete Redundancy Refinement Verification FUSE shows the feasibility to perform safety assessment of autonomous road vehicles, thus not hindering commercial introduction, given that the above areas are investigated further.

Planned approach and implementation

The project has been organized in two work packages for fundamental research in functional safety methodology and architecture patterns respectively, in one validation work package and one dissemination work package. The work packages have all worked iteratively, exchanging results and questions to each other. All project results have also been presented in peer-reviewed scientific publications. On the project home page, www.fuse-project.se/ can be found lists of invited talks and co-organized workshops, as well as more information about the scientific publications.

External links

http://www.fuse-project.se/