MuCAR-3 is based on a Volkswagen Touareg. The vehicle is fully equipped with drive-by-wire capabilities:
- electro-mechanical steering actuator
- electronic trottle interface
- electro-hydraulic brake actuator ('brake boost')
- electro-mechanical gearbox actuator
- electro-mechanical parking brake actuator
Many sensors were integrated to perceive the environment as well as the vehicle's state:
- Velodyne VLS-128 LiDAR sensor
- Oxford RT3003 INS
- 360° color camera
- MarvEye-8 camera platform equipped with color and NIR cameras
- FLIR thermal camera
- SMS Radar
A so-called 'high-level computer' runs all sensor data processing, path planning and behavior algorithms.
The low-level control and electrical interfaces to the actuators are realized using a real-time capable dSPACE Autobox.