Electronic Architecture for Autonomous Vehicles
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2026 | Viewed by 524
Special Issue Editors
Interests: autonomous vehicles; cooperative services; assistance systems
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Interests: autonomous vehicles; cooperative services; vehicular communications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The introduction of vehicles with a higher level of automation is proving to be a challenge, especially when dealing with complex scenarios in which sensory perception does not allow for complete and robust situational awareness, but in which the system must be able to make decisions. All of this is leading to a change in the electronic architecture, enabling the merging of information from different sensors and its processing in control units to offer more complete decision-making solutions. Therefore, it is crucial to study the design of this architecture in order to offer sufficient flexibility for the advances that are being introduced at the application level. This architecture includes the organization of sensors and control units. Aspects that guarantee the security of the system as a whole and its robustness must also be considered, as well as the relationship between the electronic architecture and embedded software, since the latter must be adapted to perform calculations in the most efficient way possible on large volumes of information that may be incomplete or not totally reliable. Additionally, in addition to road vehicles, circulating on highways or urban environments, sectors such as the military, agriculture, construction, etc., may require specific architectures that optimize performance. Finally, the architecture must be open to different control strategies such as automated guidance, remote guidance, or remote monitoring, as well as to information sources that convey data from the vehicle's own sensors to wireless communication systems with the outside (other vehicles or infrastructure).
This Special Issue aims to collect articles related to the electronic and software architecture that must be implemented in highly automated vehicles so that they are capable of dealing with complex scenarios by processing the information obtained via on-board sensors and/or wireless communications. It also aims to present the variety of approaches that are currently being utilized, as well as the application of architectures oriented to certain sectors or employed in specific contexts. Finally, we welcome the submission of state-of-the-art studies on this architecture.
Dr. Felipe Jiménez
Prof. Dr. Jose Eugenio Naranjo
Dr. Alfredo Valle
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- automated vehicles
- electronic architecture
- software
- sensors
- decision making
- control unit
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