Trajectory Planning for Automated Vehicles – A Basic Approach

In the last century road transport has completely changed our life, nowadays mobility is a social need. Thanks to the recent revolution of science and technology, road vehicles have more automated features or systems. Initially the main motivation was to make driving easier or more comfortable, but world megatrends have oriented the development towards to lower fuel consumption, higher traffic safety and reduced environmental impact. To reach these future objectives it is necessary to increase the level of automation of road vehicles. Automated vehicles will overcome today’s cars in safety, efficiency, comfort, velocity and traffic density.