Mobility Use Cases with Social Value
Everyone should benefit from automation and connectivity. In addition to inclusive personal mobility, this requires efficient and reliable logistics chains and the protection of pedestrians and cyclists.
In autotech.agil, we are exploring how automation and connectivity in mobility can be used to address relevant use cases that significantly improve the quality of life and safety for various population groups and logistics processes.
Mobility for Everyone
Automated and connected mobility systems should improve the range of mobility options for everyone. This applies in particular to older people, people with disabilities and people with special mobility requirements. The use of intelligent vehicles and supporting infrastructure can create barrier-free and needs-based mobility solutions that allow these groups to participate in traffic safely and independently. This way, everyone can enjoy a personalized driving experience.
Efficient and Reliable Logistics Chains
Automated and connected vehicles offer significant advantages for logistics processes, especially for last-mile delivery. The use of autonomous delivery vehicles and robust digital systems allows optimal routes to be selected. Deliveries become faster, more reliable and more cost-efficient. This is particularly important for the sustainable transportation of critical goods that require punctual and safe delivery, such as medication. In this context, different combinations of vehicles are considered in order to find the most efficient solution for the city layout. This is determined by simulating various approaches and constraints. In addition, the combination of our research vehicle autoCARGO and an autonomous delivery vehicle is used to demonstrate how a bidirectional material transfer could look. In particular, the required communication between the vehicles is examined.
Protecting the Most Vulnerable Road Users
Automated systems can play an important role in protecting pedestrians, motorcyclists, drivers of light vehicles and other particularly vulnerable road users. Connected systems and intelligent infrastructure make it possible to create a digital traffic twin that can accurately predict hazards. This information can be passed on to vehicles and, via an app-based system, to vulnerable road users, to avoid potentially dangerous situations and significantly reduce the frequency of accidents.
Overall, our project emphasizes that the integration of automation and connectivity in mobility not only increases comfort and efficiency, but also offers significant safety gains and social benefits. This makes mobility more accessible to all, supports the cost-effectiveness of logistics and protects the most vulnerable road users.
