The flatbed platoon towing model for safe and dense platooning on highways

A Ali, G Garcia, P Martinet - IEEE Intelligent transportation …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimizing the inter-distances between vehicles is very important to reduce traffic congestion
on highways. Variable spacing and constant spacing are the two policies for the longitudinal …

Comparison of lateral controllers for autonomous vehicle: Experimental results

S Dominguez, A Ali, G Garcia… - 2016 IEEE 19th …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A good path tracker is one of the keys for the successful development of a self-driving car. In
the literature, there exists a wide variety of techniques, some complex and some simple and …

An enhanced unified camera model

B Khomutenko, G Garcia… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a novel projection model based on the so-called unified projection
model. The new model applies to catadioptric systems and wide-angle fish-eye cameras, it …

Design and experimental validation of an odometric and goniometric localization system for outdoor robot vehicles

P Bonnifait, G Garcia - IEEE Transactions on robotics and …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 2D mobile robot localization system which uses odometry and the azimuth angles of
known landmarks is presented. Observability analysis helps to determine situations where …

Improving the accuracy of dynamic localization systems using RTK GPS by identifying the GPS latency

D Bouvet, G Garcia - Proceedings 2000 ICRA. Millennium …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For precise localization of outdoor mobile robots, real-time kinematic Global Positioning
System (RTK GPS) has obvious advantages: position data are given with centimeter …

A real-time localization system for compactors

D Bouvet, M Froumentin, G Garcia - Automation in construction, 2001 - Elsevier
An operator-aiding system for compactors must incorporate a localization system. In this
paper, we consider real-time kinematic (RTK) GPS and we present the solutions we have …

Precise 3-D localization by automatic laser theodolite and odometer for civil-engineering machines

D Bouvet, G Garcia, BJ Gorham… - Proceedings 2001 ICRA …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a navigation system providing precise 3D position and spatial attitude
data for slow outdoor vehicles. Our system uses an odometer and an automatic laser …

An optimization technique for positioning multiple maps for self-driving car's autonomous navigation

S Dominguez, B Khomutenko, G Garcia… - 2015 IEEE 18th …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Self-driving car's navigation requires a very precise localization covering wide areas and
long distances. Moreover, they have to do it at faster speeds than conventional mobile …

6 channels Velodyne versus planar LiDARs based perception system for Large Scale 2D-SLAM

S Nobili, S Dominguez-Quijada, G Garcia… - 7th Workshop on …, 2015 - inria.hal.science
The ability of self-localization is a basic requirement for an autonomous vehicle, and a prior
reconstruction of the environment is usually needed. This paper analyses the performances …

Urban platooning using a flatbed tow truck model

A Ali, G Garcia, P Martinet - 2015 ieee intelligent vehicles …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Finding solutions to traffic congestion is an active area of research. Many ideas have been
proposed to reduce this problem, among of this ideas is moving in platoon. The constant …