Introduction

Enabling Vehicle Autonomy

Pi Innovo’s Role in the Lockheed Martin Autonomous Mobility Appliqué System

Agenda

Who is Pi Innovo?

What is AMAS?

Fleet Integration Challenges

Supervisor Controls Solution

Deployment and Support

OpenECU Product Offering

Who is Pi Innovo?

Pi Innovo creates vehicle electronic systems and controls including hardware & software.

Pi Innovo Offers

World Class

Engineering

Consultancy

Broad domain expertise

System design

Control design

Electronics design

Custom products

SEI CMMI Level 3

Field Proven

Standard ECU Products

Large hardware family

Application software

Rapid prototyping tools

Industry tools integration

Semicustom options

Manufacturing

Partners

Tier 1 & 2

Automotive

Contract Manufacture

TS16949, ISO14001

What is AMAS?

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Background

Tactical Vehicle Convoy Issues

Crew fatigue

Rear-end collisions

Operator situational awareness

Response to attack

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Background

Convoy Active Safety Technology (CAST) Program

US Army and Marine Corps collaboration

$11 million contract award to Lockheed Martin- October 2012

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Autonomous Vehicle Appliqué System (AMAS)

Designed to enable Autonomous Operation of Military Vehicles

Convoy or independent autonomous operation

Vehicles also fully operational by human operator

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Supported Vehicle Platforms

M915A3

MTVR

PLS

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Supported Vehicle Platforms

HEMTT

FMTV

RG-31

What is AMAS?

Fleet Integration Challenges

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Throttle and Transmission Controls

Independent, but co-operation with a user

Each vehicle variant has a unique throttle/ transmission architecture

Un-powered state of controller has to default to SAFE operation

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Lighting and Windshield Wiper Controls

Independent control of every light

bulb

Start/Stop of the wipers across all

power modes

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Brake Controls

Additional valves to operate air

brakes

Supervisor Controls Solution

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AMAS –System Architecture

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Onboard Vehicle Controller (OVC)

vehicle agnostic

high-level driving decisions

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OpenECU M460 Supervisor Controller

Interprets OVC

commands

Commands vehicle-

level systems

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Power Management Module

Interprets M460

Supervisor commands

Performs body electronic

functions (lights, etc.)

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M460 Supervisor Controls Summary

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OVC Interface

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OVC Interface

SAE J1939 CAN Interface

Acceleration/Deceleration

commands

Intended Path / Direction commands

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Power Management Module Interface

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Power Management Module Interface

SAE J1939 CAN Interface

Individual light commands

Body Electronics commands (windshield wipers)

“Black-out” Mode

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Transmission System Interface

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Transmission System Interface

SAE J1939 CAN / Discrete signal Interface

Selected Gear Command in Autonomous Mode

Update to User-selected Gear in Operator Mode

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Engine System Interface

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Engine System Interface

SAE J1939 CAN / Discrete signal Interface

Throttle Pedal signal override in Autonomous mode

Update to user-selected Throttle in operator-mode

Fuel Level reported to Engine System, and OVC

OpenECU Development & Support

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Initial Development

Pi Engineering Services

Onsite Development

Core Controls Model

Based on OpenECU platform software product

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Initial Development

M460 Hardware

Commercial Off-the-shelf product

Customized for autonomous and operator mode support.

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Initial Development

Actia Power Management Module

Commercial Off-the-shelf product

Recommended by Pi Innovo based

on previous experience.

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Ongoing Development

Lockheed Martin Engineering

Uses OpenECU product from initial development

Configuration Management through OpenECU supported tools

Pi Innovo

provides hardware, or product licenses

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Ongoing Support / Configuration Management

Controls Development

Performed by Lockheed Martin Engineering

Uses the same OpenECU hardware and software as initial development

Lockheed now manages all software configuration through the OpenECU tools

Limited Pi Innovo support for hardware or development tools.

Thank you!

Herbert Mann, Senior Systems Engineer

Questions

References:

Lockheed Martin AMAS - http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/amas1.html

Actia Power Management - http://actiaus.com/diagnostics/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45:power-management&catid=3:products&Itemid=3