WABCO PREMIERES NEW AUTONOMOUS EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM
Wabco, provider of electronic braking, stability, suspension and transmission automation systems for heavy duty commercial vehicles, will in due course start he production of an autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system. Her revolutionary system minimizes the response time for a vehicle to brake in collision imminent situations with moving or stopped vehicles because the AEB system reacts faster than the driver. It ensures the most effective deceleration and can bring the vehicle to a complete stop.
Integrating diverse data about road traffic from video and laser distance sensors, Wabco’s new AEB system processes this complex information using its state-of-the-art algorithm to significantly enhance object dimensioning and anticipate imminent danger. It detects, analyzes and reacts to moving as well as stopped vehicles as the system simultaneously interfaces with braking and other systems in the truck such as engine, transmission and stability control to assist the driver. Rear-end and junction collisions account for nearly half of all commercial vehicle accidents.
Wabco’s new AEB system will be available worldwide to truck and bus original equipment manufacturers in 2010.
In February 2008, Wabco introduced OnGuard™, the first collision mitigation system (CMS) with active braking for commercial vehicles in North America. A radar-based adaptive cruise control system, OnGuard’s active braking improves vehicle safety by applying foundation brakes to alert the driver when a pre-set, forward-looking distance is compromised, optimizing reaction time.
Introduced in 2004, Wabco’s adaptive cruise control (ACC) monitors distances in front of a commercial vehicle and improves braking reaction time through an algorithm-enhanced system that combines a radar sensor, yaw rate sensor and electronic control unit in a single housing.