DigiCAV: A platform for simulation augmented physical testing of connected autonomous vehicle technologies

Testing and evaluation of high-level autonomy features requires large amounts of test data, which is conventionally achieved by driving significant distances on public roads and dedicated proving grounds. The Digital CAV Proving Ground (DigiCAV) is a modular mixed reality co-simulation platform under development in HORIBA MIRA and is a part of our ASSURED CAV ecosystem. Its purpose is to accelerate the development and evaluation of connected autonomous vehicles (CAV) and their subsystems through providing a test environment where different road traffic test scenarios can be orchestrated. The test environment can comprise real and simulated test actors and follows the test-driven development (TDD) methodology.