There are new projects in Germany for research into autonomous driving: FLASH and TaBuLa-LOGplus.
Germany wants to play a leading role in the development of autonomous driving. This also requires pilot projects to test and scale the use.
Project FLASH in Saxony
The FLASH pilot project will start tomorrow with the intention of integrating autonomous driving into local transport. In the North Saxony become people of one autonomous shuttles carried between the train station in Rackwitz and the Schladitz Bay. This bridges a route that leads to the S-Bahn connection. The offer can be purchased at the regular price of public transport be used.
The shuttle will travel at a speed of around 70 kilometers per hour. This is an enormous increase compared to the previous shuttles, which traveled at around 30 kilometers per hour. The faster a vehicle is, the further it must be able to see and the greater the computing capacity must be in order, for example, to brake in good time in less time.
The shuttle can carry 20 people and can also be controlled manually. The vehicle is also able to communicate with the traffic lights for crossing the B184 junction in Rackwitz.
Project TaBuLa LOGplus
The project TaBuLa has long since ended, there was a follow-up project and now there is another: Project TaBuLa-LOGplus in Lauenburg. The goal is to investigate a smart control center for automated transport robots and buses. What is new is the research into artificial intelligence, which carries out the sensor evaluation and makes the decisions in the background.
Connected to a control center for automated traffic, you want to find out whether the number private cars can compensate for this with public transport. There is also the automated transport robot laura for use.
The two-year project will run until the end of June 2024. In addition to the city of Lauenburg, the TU Hamburg, Palaimon GmbH, Interlink GmbH, Yunex Traffic and KION are involved in the project.