Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Toyota Research Institute, Inc.

Dimitrios Koutentakis

Nikos Arechiga Gonzalez

Jonathan Decastro

Soon Ho Kong

Daniel N Jackson

Mike Meichang Wang

Feng Ping Angela Leong

Xin Zhang

A method for certified control of a self-driving ego vehicle is described. The method includes analyzing a safety situation of the self-driving ego vehicle to determine a proposed vehicle control action using a main controller of the self-driving ego vehicle. The method also includes presenting, by the main controller, the proposed vehicle control action to an interlock controller, including a certificate of the proposed vehicle control action. The method further includes checking a safety certification evidence from the certificate by the interlock controller using a predefined safety argument to verify the safety certification evidence of the certificate. The method also includes directing, by a low-level controller, the self-driving ego vehicle to perform a certified vehicle control action.

Certified control for self-driving cars

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Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Dimitrios Koutentakis