A Fallback Localization Algorithm for Automated Vehicles Based on Object Detection and Tracking

Integrating Automated Vehicles (AVs) into everyday traffic is an ongoing challenge. Ensuring the safety of all involved agents, even in the presence of system failures, is crucial, especially in urban environments. This paper introduces a fallback-oriented localization algorithm for AVs designed to...

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Main Authors: Mario Rodriguez-Arozamena, Jose Matute, Javier Araluce, Lukas Kuschnig, Christoph Pilz, Markus Schratter, Joshue Perez Rastelli, Asier Zubizarreta
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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Javier Araluce
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Joshue Perez Rastelli
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description Integrating Automated Vehicles (AVs) into everyday traffic is an ongoing challenge. Ensuring the safety of all involved agents, even in the presence of system failures, is crucial, especially in urban environments. This paper introduces a fallback-oriented localization algorithm for AVs designed to operate during main localization source failures. The method leverages stationary vehicles as dynamic landmarks, identified through the perception module, despite their initially unknown positions. By tracking relative positions before failure and applying trilateration, the algorithm estimates the ego vehicle's position. The proposed algorithm is evaluated through simulations, a real-world dataset, and practical tests on two vehicle models. The results include an average trajectory error of 0.62 m and 1.58 deg compared to the ground truth over different fallback maneuvers. This translates into an average relative translational error of 1.65% and a relative rotational error of 0.05 deg/m, improving the performance of an IMU-based dead reckoning and, hence, providing localization for performing safe stop maneuvers.
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spelling doaj-art-46a3ea3811e44ddda48a217be86ae27b2025-08-20T03:45:10ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology2644-13302025-01-0161085109910.1109/OJVT.2025.356019810963758A Fallback Localization Algorithm for Automated Vehicles Based on Object Detection and TrackingMario Rodriguez-Arozamena0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5294-0406Jose Matute1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2754-7623Javier Araluce2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5101-0485Lukas Kuschnig3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8761-2576Christoph Pilz4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6937-4065Markus Schratter5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6054-9669Joshue Perez Rastelli6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0974-5303Asier Zubizarreta7https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6049-2308TECNALIA, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio, SpainVirginia Tech Transportation Institute, 3500 Transportation Research Plaza, Blacksburg, VA, USATECNALIA, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio, SpainDepartment of Electrics, Electronics, and Software, Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH, Graz, AustriaDepartment of Electrics, Electronics, and Software, Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH, Graz, AustriaDepartment of Electrics, Electronics, and Software, Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH, Graz, AustriaCEIT-Basque Research and Technology Alliance, Donostia-San Sebastián, San Sebastián, SpainDepartment of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, SpainIntegrating Automated Vehicles (AVs) into everyday traffic is an ongoing challenge. Ensuring the safety of all involved agents, even in the presence of system failures, is crucial, especially in urban environments. This paper introduces a fallback-oriented localization algorithm for AVs designed to operate during main localization source failures. The method leverages stationary vehicles as dynamic landmarks, identified through the perception module, despite their initially unknown positions. By tracking relative positions before failure and applying trilateration, the algorithm estimates the ego vehicle's position. The proposed algorithm is evaluated through simulations, a real-world dataset, and practical tests on two vehicle models. The results include an average trajectory error of 0.62 m and 1.58 deg compared to the ground truth over different fallback maneuvers. This translates into an average relative translational error of 1.65% and a relative rotational error of 0.05 deg/m, improving the performance of an IMU-based dead reckoning and, hence, providing localization for performing safe stop maneuvers.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10963758/Automated vehiclesfallbacklandmark localizationtrilateration
spellingShingle Mario Rodriguez-Arozamena
Jose Matute
Javier Araluce
Lukas Kuschnig
Christoph Pilz
Markus Schratter
Joshue Perez Rastelli
Asier Zubizarreta
A Fallback Localization Algorithm for Automated Vehicles Based on Object Detection and Tracking
IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology
Automated vehicles
fallback
landmark localization
trilateration
title A Fallback Localization Algorithm for Automated Vehicles Based on Object Detection and Tracking
title_full A Fallback Localization Algorithm for Automated Vehicles Based on Object Detection and Tracking
title_fullStr A Fallback Localization Algorithm for Automated Vehicles Based on Object Detection and Tracking
title_full_unstemmed A Fallback Localization Algorithm for Automated Vehicles Based on Object Detection and Tracking
title_short A Fallback Localization Algorithm for Automated Vehicles Based on Object Detection and Tracking
title_sort fallback localization algorithm for automated vehicles based on object detection and tracking
topic Automated vehicles
fallback
landmark localization
trilateration
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10963758/
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