<div>The off-highway industry witnesses a vast growth in integrating new technologies
such as advance driver assistance systems (ADAS/ADS) and connectivity to the
vehicles. This is primarily due to the need for providing a safe operational
domain for the operators and other people. Having a full perception of the
vehicle’s surrounding can be challenging due to the unstructured nature of the
field of operation. This research proposes a novel collective perception system
that utilizes a C-V2X Roadside Unit (RSU)-based object detection system as well
as an onboard perception system. The vehicle uses the input from both systems to
maneuver the operational field safely. This article also explored implementing a
software-defined vehicle (SDV) architecture on an off-highway vehicle aiming to
consolidate the ADAS system hardware and enable over-the-air (OTA) software
update capability. Test results showed that FEV’s collective perception system
was able to provide the necessary nearby and non-line-of-sight detections to the
vehicle’s controls algorithms and the vehicle was able to navigate the
environment safely.</div>