Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI
The automation of vehicles in limited areas – such as logistics yards – is an increasingly dynamic research field with high economic potential. Compared to automated driving on public roads, these controlled environments offer concrete opportunities for efficient, safe, and scalable automation solutions in the short term.
A key challenge when operating multiple vehicles in confined spaces is coordinating the individual vehicle movements. Precise motion planning and intelligent communication are required to avoid collisions and deadlock situations in which vehicles block each other's path.
Fraunhofer IVI provides support along the entire development chain of vehicle automation: from global trajectory planning to multi-agent networking and coordination, lane guidance control, obstacle avoidance, and system integration into existing infrastructures.