UTC: Safety Research Using Simulation (SAFER-SIM)
Speaker: Kelvin Santiago from the University of Wisconsin Madison
Quantifying vehicle-pedestrian interactions in simple terms is achievable with the availability of the correct dataset. The feasibility of such approach has been demonstrated by previous work. However, the procedures required for obtaining the required datasets are labor-intensive and difficult to implement on a large scale. This project introduced a set of tools that can streamline the process of collecting the required data to study vehicle-pedestrian interactions both in the field as well as through driving simulation experiments. Tools created include processed for identifying vehicle trajectories of interest from radar data as well as a collection of pre-fabs to simplify the process of creating driving simulation experiments in Unity that involve flashing yellow arrows and pedestrians.
