Lab and Facilities

The SAE Level 4 Connected and Automated Vehicle(CAV), owned by CART Lab, is a research platform for developing and testing smart transportation applications, such as autonomous driving, cooperative perception, smart intersection management, and cybersecurity. This vehicle platform can be used to develop research prototypes and bridge gaps between theoretical models and real-world implementation. It is also an education platform for undergraduate and graduate students to learn emerging technologies in smart transportation.

The vehicle is equipped with various onboard sensors including one 64-layer Light Detection and Ranging device(LiDAR), one RGB front-view camera, one long-range radar for perception, one IMU and high-resolution GNSS system with RTK for localization, and a Cohda MK5 OBU for V2X communication. An onboard industrial PC(IPC) controls the vehicle using the Drive-By-Wire system provided by DataSpeed. The IPC's computational power is provided by the Nvidia GPU card and Intel Xeon E processor, which is sufficient for real-time sensor data processing, path planning, and control of the vehicle.