Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Michael Amann

Marcus Hiemer

Carolin Heller

Alexander Beck

A method for delimiting and monitoring at least one working area for at least one autonomously operated vehicle includes transmitting, by a transmitter and receiver unit, an output signal through a signal loop. The transmitter and receiver unit is arranged outside the vehicle and is connected using signaling technology to the signal loop. The method further includes comparing the transmitted output signal with an input signal received from the signal loop, determining, by the transmitter and receiver unit, a malfunction of the signal loop in response to a deviation between the output signal and the input signal, and initiating a securing sequence for the autonomous driving operation of the at least one vehicle.

Method and system for delimiting and monitoring at least one working area for at least one autonomously operated vehicle

An emergency stop system for transferring an at least semi-autonomously operable vehicle into a safe state includes an actuating device configured to output an actuating signal, a control device configured to receive the actuating signal and to output a control signal, and an emergency braking device configured to actively brake the vehicle. The emergency braking device is configured to actuate a braking system provided in the vehicle based on the output control signal and based on a predetermined operating mode in order to generate a braking force for decelerating the vehicle.

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