Autonomous driving is seen as one of the key technologies of the coming decade. To approach the fully automated driving state, the degree of automation in research and technology is gradually increasing. In addition to the motivators of increased safety, the optimization of traffic flow and the expanded access to mobility, the driver will be able to perform secondary activities while driving. From the level of highly automated driving (Level 3) onwards, these are temporarily permitted. The increased sensitivity of the occupant in this state with regard to the stimulation of the vehicle body leads to greater demands on driving comfort than before. At the same time, a minimum level of driving safety must always be guaranteed. The classic conflict of objectives in chassis design between ride comfort and driving safety will consequently become even more pronounced in the future. Although this conflict can be resolved to a large extent by using mechatronic, fully active systems, their application is associated with a high level of adjustment effort. For this reason, semi-active components are widely used. They represent a good compromise between control quality and energy consumption. Their potential for vertical dynamics control is a current research topic. Furthermore, the process of chassis tuning is still very time-consuming. Due to the coupling of the target variables, an iterative and heuristic approach is used. Several optimization cycles of test drive and characteristic value adjustment must be run through until the application is completed. The reason for this is that when setting the desired behavior of a target variable, coupled variables are undesirably adjusted.
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Autonomous driving is seen as one of the key technologies of the coming decade. To approach the fully automated driving state, the degree of automation in research and technology is gradually increasing. In addition to the motivators of increased safety, the optimization of traffic flow and the expanded access to mobility, the driver will be able to perform secondary activities while driving. From the level of highly automated driving (Level 3) onwards, these are temporarily permitted. The incre...
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