METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GUIDING A FOLLOW VEHICLE WITH A SCOUT VEHICLE

The invention relates to a method for automatic control of at least one following vehicle (2), wherein a scout trajectory is generated for a scout vehicle (1) and the scout vehicle (1) is guided along an actual trajectory (201), wherein by means of scout sensors (11) the actual trajectory (201) of the scout vehicle (1) and scout environmental data (202) are detected. For the following vehicle (2), a target trajectory is generated and by means of following vehicle sensors (21) following vehicle environmental data (203) are detected. On the basis of the generated scout trajectory and the detected actual trajectory (201), a scout trajectory similarity is determined, reference trajectory data are generated and on the basis of the scout environmental data (202) reference environmental data are generated. The reference trajectory data and the reference environmental data are transmitted to the following vehicle (2) and by means of a trajectory comparison on the basis of the generated target trajectory (204) and the transmitted reference trajectory data, a trajectory similarity is determined. By means of an environmental data comparison on the basis of the detected following vehicle environmental data (203) and the transmitted reference environmental data, an environmental data similarity is furthermore determined, wherein, if the trajectory similarity and/or the environmental similarity exceeds a specified threshold value, automatic control of the following vehicle (2) is activated. If, on the other hand, the trajectory similarity and/or the environmental similarity does not exceed a specified threshold value, a safe driving mode of the following vehicle (2) is activated.