Developing a Motion Planner for Highway Lane Change Maneuvers

An automated lane change maneuver (LCM) system requires a motion planner to enable safe and smooth lane changes in highway traffic. The LCM system identifies the surrounding traffic environment, including road construction and target vehicles. The motion planner generates a collision-free optimal smooth trajectory. The LCM system executes lateral and longitudinal controls to follow the optimal trajectory. In this session, you will learn how you can use MATLAB^® and Simulink^® to:

• Design architecture for an LCM system
• Implement behavior layers to configure the motion planner depending on the surrounding traffic environments
• Implement the motion planner to generate an optimal smooth trajectory
• Simulate and evaluate the LCM with a series of driving scenarios