{"id":9189,"date":"2018-04-18T15:58:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T19:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=9189"},"modified":"2025-10-17T17:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T21:56:31","slug":"connecting-autonomous-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/connecting-autonomous-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Research at Carleton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A pair of Carleton University students sit in the front seats of a red Toyota RAV4 parked on Library Road outside the Mackenzie Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few seconds later, one of their classmates in the Bachelor of Information Technology<\/a> (BIT) program gets behind the wheel of a grey Ford Explorer parked in front and opens a laptop on the passenger seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the man in the Explorer attaches a few cables to the computer and steps outside to put a Cohda Wireless communications device called a Roadside Unit (RSU) on the roof, the RAV4 pulls away from the curb and begins to drive north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The red car curves east along Library Road and is soon out of sight, but not out of contact. A map on the laptop\u2019s screen shows its location, speed, braking status and other parameters thanks to an On-Board Unit (OBU) in the RAV4 \u2014 and the networking and coding prowess of Carleton undergraduates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This demonstration of connected vehicle technology on April 12, organized by Prof. Richard Yu<\/a>, who is cross-appointed to the School of Information Technology<\/a> and Department of Systems and Computer Engineering<\/a>, is part of the university\u2019s contribution to Ottawa\u2019s evolution into an international R&D hub<\/a> for connected and autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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