SwRI will have several integrated technology demonstrations showcased on the 11th Avenue Theater, the VII Test Beds, and in the VII Transportation Management Center of the Future.
  • SwRI is conducting a $5 million internal research and development program, called the Southwest Safe Transport Initiative (SSTI), to improve safety in urban traffic environments. SSTI is charged with developing enabling technologies to provide cars, trucks, and tractors with active safety and autonomous capabilities. This technology will be highlighted through the demonstration of SwRI’s autonomous (driverless) vehicle on 11th avenue each day of the conference. While significant improvements have been made over the past several decades to surface infrastructure and vehicle safety systems to reduce the number of fatalities around the world, a significant number of vehicle accidents are still attributable to driver error. In the future, removing the driver entirely from vehicle control could provide a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more convenient way for humans to commute. SwRI is coordinating the autonomous vehicle demonstration that will bring together leaders in the field of autonomous vehicles to highlight what the future of surface transportation might look like. The demonstration participation includes:  SwRI, CMU, and Stanford. 

  • SwRI developed an application on the OBE that extracts probe data directly from tour bus data interface (J1939) and processes this data on the OBE for transmission through the VII network.  This is the primary source for dynamic probe data that will be used in the VII TMC of the Future.  The software demonstrates how VII can facilitate commercial vehicle operations. Additionally, SwRI is developing DSRC signal preemption algorithms and is coordinating integration efforts with the Tour Bus Company and human machine interface developers for the other applications to be demonstrated on the tour busses. 

  • SwRI and INRIA will be jointly demonstrating how an autonomous vehicle can cooperate with a human-driven vehicle using DSRC to develop a shared situational awareness thereby increasing the safety and mobility on the nation’s roadways. This demonstration will showcase a pedestrian warning system which utilizes V2V communication.