Designing a Vehicle Collision Avoidance System (VCAS) with Advanced Controller and IoT

Instructions to Candidates:

This assignment constitutes 50% of the grade for this module.

11:59 pm, 25^th July 2021

The assignment should be your own work and written in your own words (1500 words + relevant material in Appendices). It will be checked for plagiarism using Turnitin. Any plagiarism or copying from others will be dealt with through the university’s plagiarism procedures.

Your assignment must be submitted electronically via BlackBoard (Assignments tab) by the submission time. The report should be contained in a Word document, or PDF. No other means of submission will be accepted. The software code will be submitted independently.

Any assignment submitted late but within 5 working days of the deadline will be given a maximum mark of 50%. Assignments submitted more than 5 working days after the deadline will not be marked, and a mark of 0% will be recorded.

“Modern Car Technologies (ModTech)” is a system engineering company active in developing advanced systems for car manufacturing companies. You, as a “System Engineer” in ModTech, have been asked to design a “Vehicle Collision Avoidance System (VCAS)”. This system is a technology used to help drivers to avoid a crash. It can also help to reduce the intensity of an accident. By using various kinds of sensors including radar, laser (LIDAR), and cameras, a VCAS system can detect moving dangers in front and side, fixed dangers, and pedestrians to avoid a crash. VCAS includes several sub-systems including forward avoidance collision system, early approaches collision avoidance system, alarm system, autonomous emergency braking system, automated lane keeping system, etc. Figure 1 shows an example of a VCAS which has been proposed based on Internet of Things (IoT).

Figure 1- A proposed VCAS system based on IoT1.

Provide a technical report that contains the following:

• A review of different VCAS systems currently in use or proposed in the literature. The reviewneeds to be supported by good references including publications (journal and conference papers, books), data sheets,  The review should include the VCAS systems, sub-systems, advantages and disadvantages, technologies, and elements.
• A design of a VCAS system that incorporates at least two main sub-systems. The systemdesign should include the system controller, sensors, and any other elements required for the system operation. The design should be compatible with the data communication system used in automobiles and automotive 
• A proofof concept of one of the subsystems discussed in (2).
• Validationof the operation of the subsystem developed in (3) and comment on the 
• Proposalfor the next phases of development to include:

A- The use of an advanced controller instead of the current one (Support your proposal with references).

B- The use of other methods of data transmissions such as wireless and Internet of Things (Support your proposal with references).

The Department’s Principles of Assessment will be used to determine grading levels.