Case Study: Safety Evaluations for Highly and Fully Autonomous Vehicles
This presentation will focus on the use of the System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) method in evaluating and developing safety measures for highly and fully autonomous vehicles. The STPA process provides a new opportunity for evaluating safety critical systems by finding potential safety hazards associated with potential system misbehaviors. From here, requirements may be developed to prevent or manage the potential hazards. The presentation will also discuss how to leverage the STPA process as a valuable tool in the early stages of product development, including the use of STPA to evaluate erroneous or inadvertent human errors the may lead to hazardous situations.
The ability to trace and implement the STPA process for greater effectiveness in preventing or managing potential misbehavior of highly and fully autonomous vehicles.
Identifying and addressing potential hazards early in the product development process of highly and fully autonomous vehicles.
How to prevent or manage potential hazards by developing appropriate requirements from STPA results
A more comprehensive understanding of acceptable risk based on STPA results.
Mark Vernacchia,
GM Technical Fellow - Principal System Safety Engineer, General Motors Company
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