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Counting the numbers: international interest for GCDC 2011

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After the opening of the registration period this spring for the first GCDC in 2011, the counter for officially participating consortia is approaching the number 10. The registrations show a diverse set of vehicles, including Fiat, Volvo, Volkswagen, Audi, Mazda, Ford and two Smarts. On the more serious vehicle size: Scania brings a truck to the start and also Daf supports a team with a truck.

Registration period extended

registration_GCDC2011 Although the registration closure date for the 2011 event is officially past, as mentioned above, there is still strong interest from different parties. The process of finding the right partners and forming the needed consortia seems to take more time than expected, especially because the event has been moved ahead to march. Different parties are still considering participation, but stated to need more time to point all elements in the same direction. To allow this and to provide every interested team time to realize their final ‘go’, the GCDC has decided to extend the registration period.

GCDC 2011 succeeds in attracting leading car brands

During InterTraffic, the mobility expo that recently took place in the RAI Amsterdam, the registration process started for the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge 2011. At the stand of co-initiator High Tech Automotive Systems (HTAS), four teams have already registered for the GCDC 2011. The organization expects to start in March 2011 with about 10 teams.

For the organization of the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge (GCDC), InterTraffic turned out to be a valuable expo with many visitors, excellent discussions and a good inflow of initial registrations. The GCDC organization spoke to interested teams from Europe, the Middle East, Japan and the US.

Challenging aspects of time-critical Cooperative Driving

A short overview of specific cooperative driving aspects that are explored by the GCDC in 2011.

These aspects can be categorized into four parts:

deployment strategies
robust fail-safe real-time control
distributed real-time information structures
wireless communication in real-time environments.

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Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge

International teams competing to deliver the most effective cooperative vehicle-infrastructure system in predetermined traffic scenarios: that is the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge (GCDC). An international and unique challenge in the field of cooperative driving. The GCDC aims to accelerate the implementation of these systems and contribute significantly to alleviate traffic problems worldwide.

Those bold enough to take up the challenge will have to negotiate their vehicles as efficiently as possible through a range of predetermined traffic scenarios. The extent to which the traffic flow is improved by this and the speed at which this improvement can be implemented will be uppermost in the judges' minds. The challenge is thus a unique tool for the rapid transfer of research findings to real-life driving conditions.