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International audience; The autonomous navigation of an electric vehicle requires the implementation of a number of sensors and actuators intended to inform it about his environment or his position and velocity and deliver necessary inputs. That's why it is important to detect and [...]

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International audience; This paper presents a study which follows the present trend in the field of electric (or hybrid) vehicles E(H)V, having in mind that the major drawback of these last ones is the autonomy problem. Thus, by using a hybrid energy source (formed by ultracapacitors [...]

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The present paper describes the framework and components of an instrumented vehicle for driver assistance and safety. The experimental platform is based on the use of an on-board computer vision system to capture the traffic signs, and on a multiple of electronic components to capture [...]

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Ths skid resistance of the road surface is one of the parameters that influence the active vehicle safety and consequently the traffic safety. Up till now, in the Netherlands skid resistance has been evaluated by means of of a statistical relation between the skid resistance value [...]

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The MMX Rover is a contribution by CNES and DLR to JAXA's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission and will explore the surface of the Mars moon Phobos. As there haven’t been any successful landers on Phobos, little is known about the conditions on the moon’s surface. Additionally, [...]