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The proceedings of Commercial Vehicle Technology 2014 are a collection of publications for the 3rd CVT Symposium at the University of Kaiserslautern. As in the previous years 2010 and 2012 numerous submissions focusing on current developments in the field of commercial vehicles have been composed into an interesting and informative collection. The contributions are of interest for mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and computer scientists working in industry and academia and show the current state-of-the-art in this field. The contents of the publications span the topics durability and vehicle dynamics, lightweight design and component simulation, safety and reliability, and production as well as the increasingly important topics energy efficiency, human-machine-interaction, driver assistance systems, autonomous operations, and a special chapter on excavation. The conference is held on March 11 to 13 2014 at the University of Kaiserslautern and is expecting the attendance of many renowned scientists and representatives of industry.

The proceedings of Commercial Vehicle Technology 2012 are a collection of publications for the 2nd CVT Symposium in Kaiserslautern. As in 2010 numerous submissions focusing on current developments in the field of commercial vehicles have been composed into an interesting and informative collection. The contributions are of interest for mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and computer scientists working in industry and academia and show the current state-of-the-art in this field. The contents of the publications span the topics product development, human-machine interaction, operational stability, electronics and software, lightweight design, assistance systems and sensors processing, vehicle-ground interaction, energy efficiency, vehicle simulation, safety and reliability, environment protection and emission reduction, and commercial vehicle industry trends. The conference is held on March 14 to 16 2012 at the University of Kaiserslautern and is expecting the attendance of many renowned scientists and representatives of industry.

These proceedings are a collection of selected papers presented at the 1st Commercial Vehicle Technology Symposium (CVT 2010). The symposium organized by the Center for Commercial Vehicle Technology (ZNT), the Fraunhofer Innovation Cluster Digital Engineering for Commercial Vehicles (DNT), and the Commercial Vehicle Cluster (CVC), is held on March 16 to 18, 2010 at the University of Kaiserslautern. The CVT 2010 is a forum for researchers and developers from industry and academia to exchange ideas on current topics and discuss the latest trends in this field. At Kaiserslautern, innovation in the domain of commercial vehicles that includes trucks, buses, agricultural, and construction machinery, as well as special-purpose vehicles is driven by a constantly growing network encompassing development, research, and communication. In 2005 the Commercial Vehicle Cluster (CVC) was founded by the state of Rheinland-Pfalz in cooperation with University of Kaiserslautern and Daimler AG. It serves as an information and cooperation platform for companies from this domain and drives continous exchange with research institutions. The two Fraunhofer institutes (ITWM and IESE) founded the Fraunhofer Innovation Cluster Digital Engineering for Commercial Vehicles (DNT) as a research group since 2006. University of Kaiserslautern itself established the Center for Commercial Vehicle Technology (ZNT) as a technology focus in 2007 and offers an international and inter-disciplinary master course of studies in Commercial Vehicle Technology (CVT) since 2008.

This textbook results from a series of lectures concerning autonomous mobile robots which have been held at the University of Kaiserslautern - tween 1999 and 2009. Methods and algorithms are introduced which can be used for developing complex autonomous land vehicles. Starting from hist- ical remarks and application areas of service robots, the vehicle kinematics modeling is introduced and examples of the drive kinematics of di? erent vehicles are given. Thereafter, typical sensors and sensor systems are - scribed which are used to determine the internal state of the machine and its operational environment. Localization, i. e the determination where the robot is, is still a di? cult problem. In the textbook, several methods are discussed which can be used under speci? c preconditions. Map building as well as navigation strategies complement the set of basic methods. The last two chapters deal with the questions of how to compile the above mentioned methods using powerful control architecture and what frameworks to use to support the development process. This textbook is written for beginners and advanced students from the ? elds of computer science, mechanical engineering, and electrical engine- ing, specializing in autonomous mobile systems. The book is also suited for engineers with a special interest in the development of wheel driven service robots. The writing of the manuscript was only possible with the assistance of several researchers of our Robotics Research Lab. Special thanks to Seb- tian Blank, Tim Braun, and Martin Proetzsch for proof-reading and editing.