Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft Germany

Sarah Alexa Thissen

Timo Dobberphul

Jens Lüddecke

A method for the automated driving of a transportation vehicle, having at least one control device for calculating a trajectory, wherein control commands for actuators for setting longitudinal and lateral guidance of the transportation vehicle are calculated for the trajectory and are implemented by the actuators, wherein the control commands are updated at fixed points in time, wherein at each point in time a current emergency trajectory for bringing the transportation vehicle to a standstill is calculated, wherein a set of control commands for actuators for setting at least the lateral guidance are calculated for the emergency trajectory and, in the absence of the control commands for the trajectory, are automatically implemented by the actuators for the emergency trajectory. Also disclosed is an automated transportation vehicle.

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Braunschweig, Germany

Sarah Alexa Thissen