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REPOSIT stands for RElative POSitioning for collIsion avoidance sysTems
REPOSIT is an EU IST 6th Framework Programme STREP.
An average of 47000 fatalities occur in Europe (EUR 25) per year as a result of road accidents. Many involve crashes where some causing factors could be modified by using Collision Avoidance Technologies. Collision Avoidance Systems (CAS) can be developed using advanced sensor systems and algorithms allowing an accurate localization of the own vehicle and the path prediction of other vehicles. The combination of this with communication systems can make possible to warn drivers of potentially hazardous situations, reducing crash probabilities.
Different CAS technologies (ultrasonic technologies, laser and video, microwave radars...) present advantages and satisfactory performance under certain circumstances but disadvantages under others (poor accuracy, unexpected night performance, weather susceptibility...)
In support to the eSafety initiative for the development, deployment and use of Intelligent Integrated Safety Systems in Europe, REPOSIT project has the objective of demonstrating the feasibility of a new technology for CAS:the integration of Relative GPS (RGPS) and wireless vehicle-to-vehicle (v2v) communications with existing CAS.
REPOSIT will concentrate on Intersection and Longitudinal Collisions,where it could provide the most noticeable performance improvements.
