Robust Automated Driving in Extreme Weather

Project Information

ROADVIEW

Grant agreement ID: 101069576

DOI

10.3030/101069576

EC signature date 9 June 2022

Start date 1 September 2022

End date 31 August 2026

Funded under

• Climate, Energy and Mobility

Total cost

€ 8 014 105,55

EU contribution

€ 6 652 915,80

Coordinated by

HOGSKOLAN I HALMSTAD
Sweden

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (11)

Test plan regarding the most appropriate test method

Report defining how to test single components and integrated automated vehicle systems in virtual and real domains. It will consider specific uses-cases under extreme weather conditions.

Initial readiness assessment of specific datasets

Report on the quantitative evaluation of the ROADVIEW DRL method on public datasets using a limited feature size.

Interim impact report

Interim impact report on communication and dissemination activities, including those at the international level. An update of the DCP plan will be considered.

SW on Improved Localization Using High-density Map Updating - First report

A first report related SW of a compressed HD map representation that can cope with the seasonal changes and can be kept updated while excluding the dynamic objects.

SW on Adaptive Sensor Fusion and Perception Solutions - First report

A first report on algorithms and SW developed to detect weather-related physical conditions (e.g., heavy rain, fog, slush and snow), free space detection, object detection and tracking, and adaptive sensor fusion.

Stakeholder report and strategy

Stakeholder report and strategy including detailed stakeholder mapping and strategies to reach key target audiences.

Vehicle dynamics modelling methodology

A public report will be published along with any relevant publications on vehicle dynamics modelling methodologies. In addition, a representative library of vehicle dynamics models for a selection of vehicles available within the consortium will be delivered.

Definition of the complex environment conditions

An extended ODD taxonomy will be reported considering harsh weather conditions and complex urban/rural environments.

SW on Collaborative Perception Solutions - First report

A first report on improving vehicle perception with sharing information provided by sensors from other connected vehicles or VRUs and roadside infrastructure.

Use cases and scenarios

A set of use cases with multiple scenarios will be reported based on the ODD taxonomy defined in Task 2.1.

Plan for the dissemination and communication activities

Plan for the dissemination and communication activities including defined strategy, tools, channels and (international) activities.

Data sets, microdata, etc (1)

Reference dataset of measured weather characteristics

Reference datasets for the controlled environment and real-world site weather characteristics will be delivered, with a detailed report on data collection methodology.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

ROADVIEW website

ROADVIEW website with dedicated areas for different stakeholder groups.

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

ROADVIEW Demonstration 1

Report on the demonstration of early ROADVIEW system components implementations to be used in the subsequent demonstrations.

Other (1)

Library of validated statistical noise models

A library of validated statistical noise models for the selected perception sensor technologies will be delivered with a detailed report on implementation and validation methods used.

Publications

Conference proceedings (8)

Synthetic Extreme Weather for AI training: Concept and Validation

Author(s): Letícia Cristófoli Duarte Silva, Maikol Funk Drechsler, Yuri Poledna, Werner Huber, Thiago Antonio Fiorentin
Published in: 2023 Third International Conference on Digital Data Processing (DDP), 2024, ISSN 2473-2001
Publisher: IEEExplore
DOI: 10.1109/DDP60485.2023.00044

Creation of digital models for accelerated and reliable testing of automated systems in adverse weather

Author(s): Tuomas Herranen, Erik Henriksson, Pak Hung Chan, Yuri Poledna, Pierre Duthon, Amine Ben-Daoued, Maikol Drechsler, Valentina Donzella
Published in: Autonomous Systems for Security and Defence, 2024
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.3031473

Semantics-aware LiDAR-Only Pseudo Point Cloud Generation for 3D Object Detection

Author(s): Tiago Cortinhal, Idriss Gouigah, Eren Erdal Aksoy
Published in: 2024 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IV55156.2024.10588782

Vehicle Dynamics Parameter Estimation Methodology for Virtual Automated Driving Testing

Author(s): Maikol Funk Drechsler, Yuri Poledna, Mattias Hjort, Sogol Kharrazi, Werner Huber
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Automated Vehicle Validation Conference (IAVVC), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IAVVC63304.2024.10786416

REHEARSE: adveRse wEatHEr datAset for sensoRy noiSe modEls

Author(s): Yuri Poledna, Maikol Funk Drechsler, Valentina Donzella, Pak Hung Chan, Pierre Duthon, Werner Huber
Published in: 2024 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IV55156.2024.10588491

3D-OutDet: A Fast and Memory Efficient Outlier Detector for 3D LiDAR Point Clouds in Adverse Weather

Author(s): Raisuddin, Abu Mohammed; Cortinhal, Tiago; Holmblad, Jesper; Aksoy, Eren Erdal
Published in: 2024 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.36227/TECHRXIV.24297166.V1

The effect of camera data degradation factors on panoptic segmentation for automated driving

Author(s): Wang, Yiting, Zhao, Haonan, Debattista, Kurt and Donzella, Valentina
Published in: 26th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2023), 2023
Publisher: WRAP Warwick

Parametric Physics-Based Snow Model for Automotive Cameras

Author(s): Pak Hung Chan, Kurt Debattista, Valentina Donzella
Published in: 2024 IEEE SENSORS, 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/SENSORS60989.2024.10784836

Peer reviewed articles (10)

A Noise Analysis of 4D RADAR: Robust Sensing for Automotive?

Author(s): Pak Hung Chan; Sepeedeh Shahbeigi Roudposhti; Xinyi Ye; Valentina Donzella
Published in: IEEE Sensors Journal, 2025, ISSN 1558-1748
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.36227/TECHRXIV.24517249

Raw Camera Data Object Detectors: An Optimisation for Automotive Video Processing and Transmission

Author(s): Pak Hung Chan, Chuheng Wei, Anthony Huggett, Valentina Donzella
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.36227/TECHRXIV.23807499.V1

The inconvenient truth of ground truth errors in automotive datasets and DNN-based detection

Author(s): Chan, Pak Hung; Li, Boda; Baris, Gabriele; Sadiq, Qasim; Donzella, Valentina
Published in: Data-Centric Engineering, 2024, ISSN 2632-6736
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.36227/TECHRXIV.170630689.97107789/V1

A Novel Score-based LiDAR Point Cloud degradation Analysis Method

Author(s): Sepeedeh Shahbeigi, Honahan Robinson, Valentina Donzella
Published in: IEEE Transactions and Journals, 2024, ISSN 1803-7232
Publisher: IEEE Xplore
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3359300

Automotive DNN-Based Object Detection in the Presence of Lens Obstruction and Video Compression

Author(s): Gabriele Baris, Boda Li, Pak Hung Chan, Carlo Alberto Avizzano, Valentina Donzella
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3544773

A Comparative Review of the SWEET Simulator: Theoretical Verification Against Other Simulators

Author(s): Amine Ben-Daoued; Frédéric Bernardin; Pierre Duthon
Published in: Journal of Imaging, 2024, ISSN 3064-6936
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/JIMAGING10120306

Depth- and semantics-aware multi-modal domain translation: Generating 3D panoramic color images from LiDAR point clouds

Author(s): Tiago Cortinhal, Eren Erdal Aksoy
Published in: Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2023, ISSN 0921-8890
Publisher: Science Direct | Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2023.104583

SWEET: A Realistic Multiwavelength 3D Simulator for Automotive Perceptive Sensors in Foggy Conditions

Author(s): Amine Ben-Daoued; Pierre Duthon; Frédéric Bernardin
Published in: Journal of Imaging, 2023, ISSN 2313-433X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jimaging9020054

Influence of AVC and HEVC Compression on Detection of Vehicles Through Faster R-CNN

Author(s): Pak Hung Chan, Anthony Huggett, Georgina Souvalioti, Paul Jennings, Valentina Donzella
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1524-9050
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.36227/TECHRXIV.19808566

From operational design domain to test cases: A methodology to include harsh weather

Author(s): Fredrik Warg; Valentina Donzella; Pak Hung Chan; Jonathan Robinson; Yuri Poledna; Sebastien Liandrat; Umut Cihan; Maytheewat Aramrattana; Graham Lee; Eren Erdal Aksoy
Published in: Open Research Europe, 2024, ISSN 2732-5121
Publisher: European Commission
DOI: 10.12688/OPENRESEUROPE.18592.1

Other (6)

3D-OutDet: A Fast and Memory Efficient Outlier Detector for 3D LiDAR Point Clouds in Adverse Weather

Author(s): Abu Mohammed Raisuddin, Tiago Cortinhal, Jesper Holmblad, Eren Erdal Aksoy
Published in: TechRxiv, 2023
Publisher: TechRxiv
DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.24297166.v1

Semantics-aware LiDAR-Only Pseudo Point Cloud Generation for 3D Object Detection

Author(s): Tiago Cortinhal, Idriss Gouigah, Eren Erdal Aksoy
Published in: arXiv, 2023
Publisher: arXiv
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2309.08932

Raw camera data object detectors: an optimisation for automotive processing and transmission

Author(s): Pak Hung Chan, Chuheng Wei, Anthony Huggett, Valentina Donzella
Published in: TechRxiv, 2023
Publisher: TechRxiv
DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.23807499.v1

Correlating traditional image quality metrics and DNN-based object detection: a case study with compressed camera data

Author(s): Daniel Gummadi, Pak Hung Chan, Hetian Wang, Valentina Donzella
Published in: TechRxiv, 2023
Publisher: TechRxiv
DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.24566371.v1

Analysis of Faster R-CNN network prediction in the presence of lens occlusion and video compression

Author(s): Gabriele Baris, Boda Li, Pak Hung Chan, Carlo Alberto Avizzano, Valentina Donzella
Published in: TechRxiv, 2023
Publisher: TechRxiv
DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.23047412.v1

A noise analysis of 4D RADAR: robust sensing for automotive?

Author(s): Pak Hung Chan, Sepeedeh Shahbeigi Roudposhti, Xinyi Ye, Valentina Donzella
Published in: TechRxiv, 2023
Publisher: TechRxiv
DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.24517249.v1

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Pixelwise Road Surface Slipperiness Estimation for Autonomous Driving with Weakly Supervised Learning

Author(s): Julius Pesonen
Published in: Machine Learning, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, 2023
Publisher: Aaltodoc publication archive

Book chapters (2)

Road Grip Uncertainty Estimation Through Surface State Segmentation

Author(s): Jyri Maanpää, Julius Pesonen, Iaroslav Melekhov, Heikki Hyyti, Juha Hyyppä
Published in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Image Analysis, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-95911-0_17

Dense Road Surface Grip Map Prediction from Multimodal Image Data

Author(s): Jyri Maanpää, Julius Pesonen, Heikki Hyyti, Iaroslav Melekhov, Juho Kannala, Petri Manninen, Antero Kukko, Juha Hyyppä
Published in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Pattern Recognition, 2024
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-78447-7_26