ACT4Transformation – Automated and Connected Technologies for Mobility Transformation
ACT4Transformation – Automated and Connected Technologies for Mobility Transformation
The shift towards more climate-friendly mobility for people and goods and the design of the necessary transformation of the transport system are key social challenges of the 21st century. Innovative mobility solutions with automated and connected vehicles (ACV) have the potential to realise efficient, climate-friendly and demand-oriented passenger and freight transport and to sustainably increase mobility. ACT4Transformation supports this change by developing and refining key technology modules to improve automated and connected driving.
Automated and connected vehicles face the challenge of finding their way in complex traffic scenarios with numerous other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists. Concealed road users, temporary changes in the traffic area due to roadworks, missing or incorrect signage and road markings as well as poor weather and environmental conditions are not ideal conditions for automated driving and limit the availability of automated and connected driving. This is where ACT4Transformation comes in and further develops the systemic and dynamic interaction between automated vehicle, infrastructure and remote operation in order to support automated and connected vehicles from outside where necessary. Depending on the situation, sub-functions in the automated and connected vehicle such as environment perception or motion planning are supported or completely taken over by the infrastructure or remote operation. ACT4Transformation is developing a prototype for a safe transition between the states "vehicle drives automatically without external support" and "vehicle drives automatically with external support".
Secondly, the individual usability of public transport will be increased through innovative solutions using the example of demand-responsive stops. The "vStop-as-a-Service" concept is being further developed as a virtual stop in conjunction with automated vehicles so that it can be used in practice.
The third objective is to research new possibilities for the interaction of automated and connected vehicles with pedestrians in urban environments and to conceptualize them using the virtual zebra crossing.
All these technological developments are only possible if data security and integrity are ensured. For this reason, security and AI security issues in the field of autonomous driving are addressed and selected aspects such as communication channels and safety-critical components are analysed from a security perspective and methods for detecting and preventing attacks are developed and tested.
Virtual stop: Short-term changes due to vehicles parking at the digital stop, for example, are taken into account in the vStop-as-a-Service.
