Parliamentary evening in Berlin presented research "Made in Braunschweig"
DLR
- Research institutions in Braunschweig discussed the future of mobility with politicians.
- The Braunschweig region has a strong network of research and industry whose overarching goal is to develop the foundations for safe, automated and connected mobility and put them on the road in application-orientated and digitally integrated scenarios.
- Focal points: Mobility, automated driving, research transfer
What will mobility look like in the future? What do technological developments mean for our social coexistence and how will this transformation change the world of work? These were the questions addressed at the joint Parliamentary Evening of the City of Braunschweig with leading national research institutions from Braunschweig on Thursday, 30 November, at the State Representation of Lower Saxony in Berlin. The message: the mobility of tomorrow is being developed as a joint project in the Braunschweig region. The leading research institutions in this field, such as the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and the Technische Universität Braunschweig gave an insight into their research and drew a picture of the future of digital and autonomous mobility. Volkswagen Financial Services AG , Europe's largest automotive financial services provider based in Braunschweig, presented a new mobility platform that is currently under development.
Braunschweig's Lord Mayor Dr. Thorsten Kornblum, who initiated the parliamentary evening, welcomed around 200 guests from politics, science, business and the media. Greetings were given by Hubertus Heil, Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony's Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Building and Digitalisation and Hartmut Höppner, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs.
In the short presentations, the research institutions gave insights into different aspects of their work and presented their projects in this future field with all its opportunities and challenges. It became clear that Braunschweig, with its scientific and economic networks, offers a productive field for interdisciplinary research cooperation on test fields and in real laboratories. The overarching goal is to develop the foundations for safe, automated and connected mobility and to put them on the road in application-orientated and digitally integrated scenarios.
For example, the Institute of Transportation Systems at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Braunschweig is conducting research into the design of the workplace for technical supervisors. Automated driving is not yet a reality on our roads. A faster introduction of self-driving vehicles requires support not only from a networked infrastructure, but also from remote monitoring. This can be provided by a remote operator who supports the vehicle - especially in situations that exceed the capabilities of vehicle automation. Such topics, known as "human factors", are combined at DLR with expertise on the transport system, vehicle concepts, artificial intelligence and much more.
The presentations were given by Prof. Dr. Roman Henze (Technische Universität Braunschweig - NFF), Prof. Dr. Michael Ortgiese (German Aerospace Centre), Dr Thorsten Schrader (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), Prof. Dr. Simone Kauffeld (Technische Universität Braunschweig - NFF), Dr. Christoph Leicht (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), Prof. Dr. Axel Hahn (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) and Dr. Christian Dahlheim (CEO, Volkswagen Financial Services). A speed dating session at the end of the official part of the event provided an opportunity for further questions and invited personal dialogue with the researchers.
Prof. Dr. Karsten Lemmer, DLR Executive Board Member for Innovation, Transfer and Scientific Infrastructures, took part in the panel discussion. He said: "DLR research always finds its way into application quickly. DLR's joint research with industry scales ideas into innovations. At the same time, DLR's research facilities and test fields are used by authorities, for example, to scientifically analyse regulatory issues for the 'mobility of tomorrow'. In this way, we are creating indispensable conditions for the automated and connected driving of the future. A good investment in the innovation pipeline - yesterday, today and tomorrow."
Further information at www.braunschweig.de/pabs
More information on DLR's research into remote monitoring/remote operation can be found here.