Vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2V)

[slibert]

I found this press release on vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications very interesting.

Given the FRC focus on co-opertition, and the goal to inspire students to embrace autonomous vehicle technologies, V2V technology seems like a great direction to move towards.

Clearly we'll have the ongoing challenges of wireless communication interference, but a frequency band has been allocated, the security/privacy concerns appear to have been addressed, and auto makers have been researching DSRC (dedicated short range communications) for awhile now.

Going one step further, Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) is also possible using DSRC. Imagine how much more challenging and exciting autonomous periods could be if a team could localize a FIRST robot based on V2I communication with a beacon.

Here's hoping FIRST will support use of V2V / V2I technology soon....

- scott
Software Mentor, Team 2465 (Kauaibots)