The NAICC project : a Milestone towards the Autonomous Vehicle
This paper presents a synthesis of the Navigation Aided Intelligent Cruise Control (NAICC) project whose aim is to provide the best possible aid to the driver of a motor vehicle. In a first step, it consists of the intelligent control of the vehicle's speed on an open road by adapting it to the road profile on the basis of information from the vehicle and the navigation system. The paper first describes the project as a whole, then the tools and methods developed, a few simulations, the implementation on the actual vehicle and eventually the first highly promising results.