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VRA: Support action for Vehicle and Road Automation network

VRA: Support action for Vehicle and Road Automation network. 1st VRA concertation meeting 1 October 2013. Objectives of today. share information on past, current and foreseen projects Plan liaison activities from the start

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VRA: Support action for Vehicle and Road Automation network

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  1. VRA: Support action for Vehicle and Road Automation network 1st VRA concertation meeting 1 October 2013 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013

  2. Objectives of today 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 share information on past, current and foreseen projects Plan liaison activities from the start Identify gaps and opportunities for collaboration and future research Support next steps of the iMobility Forum Automation WG Clarify current international activities

  3. Agenda 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013

  4. Round Table 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013

  5. Maxime Flament, ERTICO Overview of VRA 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013

  6. VRA in Short 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 VRA – Vehicle and Road Automation is a support action funded by the European Union to create a collaboration network of experts and stakeholders working on deployment of automated vehicles and its related infrastructure

  7. Motivation: European momentum 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 • Automation is all over the news – hype or not? • Wide interest from many ITS sectors • Many European and national expert groups being created • Numerous conferences on the topic • E.g. iMobility Forum Automation Working Group • Largest WG:70 members • Roadmap ready but living document • Used to shape the future work programme (i.e. H2020) • Broad topic  Many issues need targeted attention

  8. Motivation: SMART study 2010/0064 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 • Definition of necessary vehicle and infrastructure systems for Automated Driving • Definitions and terminology • Benefits of automation and acceptance • Dedicated Lanes • Driver Behavior • Legal Aspects • Logistics • Future Research • Standardization

  9. Motivation: Automation WG 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 Kicked off March 2012 and met 6 times Preparing roadmap for enhanced automation in the road transport sector Results were presented in a workshop in March 2013

  10. Scope of vehicle and road automation 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 • The support action will include the different domains of vehicle and road automation • Highly automated vehicles (Driver-centric) • ADAS++ • Traffic automation (road operator-centric) • Flow control • Intersection control • Fully automated transport (Transport operator-centric) • Urban – CyberCars, PRTs • Highway – truck platoons • Off-road – mining, military, etc • Bring together different research and stakeholders communities which are quite isolated from each other

  11. Objectives of the VRA Support Action 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 • Create an active European network of experts on Vehicle and Road Automation • Contribute to EU-US-JPN international task force • Identify deployment needs for the different domains of Vehicle and Road Automation • Promote the Research on Vehicle and Road Automation

  12. Discussion Groups on Deployment Needs 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 • Creation of international discussion groups: • Deployment paths and scenarios • Regulatory issues • Standards and Certification needs • Results of discussions will feed the iMobility Forum Automation WG and the Trilateral US-EU-JPN TF on Vehicle Road Automation

  13. Role of VRA within the Call 10 cluster and others • Identify relevant activities • Identify common partners • Define collaboration • What: topics, gaps • How: Level of collaboration • When: Timeline • Make simple bilateral agreements Past calls: CityMobil2, … Future calls: H2020, CEF, … 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013

  14. Gathering information about past and current activities using Wiki 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 • First structure and content • Input from ERTICO Research sector platform: European past project listed with details • Input from US: Shladover report • Moderation • Wiki-concept endorsed by US and Japan colleagues • Shared moderation agreed • Plans • Light website for news and events • Focus on Wiki • Setup end Oct • Should go live end November

  15. Actions so far 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 16-18 Jul 2013: TRB meeting 19 Jul 2013: Trilateral EU-US-JPN meeting 04 Sep 2013: Admin KOM 27 Sep 2013: trilateral EU-US-JPN concall (WP2.1) 30 Sep 2013 PM : Kick off for consortium and Associated 1 Oct 2013 : EC project concertation Workshop (WP2.2) 2 Oct 2013 : Automation WG meeting 13 Oct 2013: ITFVHA 14-18 Oct 2013: ITS WC Tokyo 18 Oct: trilateral EU-US-JPN meeting (WP2.1) Next meetings and events TBC today

  16. VRA Project Data 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 • Support action • Funding of Direct costs: 100% • Funding of Overhead costs: 7% of Direct costs (excl. subcontract) • Start: 1/07/2013 • Duration: 42 Months • Resources: 109 MM • Total funding: 1319 k€ • Total budget: 1685 k€ • 11 direct partners from 9 EU MS • Open to associated partners • Coordinator ERTICO – ITS Europe

  17. Beneficiaries and Associated Partners • ERTICO (coordinator) – Flament (BE) • AB VOLVO – Svensson (SE) • DENSO – Henchoz (DE) • Tecnalia – Isasi (SP) • Leeds University – Merat (UK) • TNO – de Kievit (NL) • ICCS – Amditis (GR) • IFSTTAR – Glaser (FR) • UniRoma – Alessandrini (IT) • IDIADA – Alvaro Arrue (SP) • Michelin – Feral (FR) Associated partner will be invited through a LoI Primary group: Automation WG and call10 partners 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013

  18. Associated partners 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 Be considered part of the consortium (non-funded) Use company logo and contact details Contribute (actively) to the content of concertation meetings and international workshops Participate to the VRA Discussion groups on deployment scenarios, regulations, standards and certification Travel budget reserved for active contributions (presentations, moderation, panelist) to relevant meetings (outside EU needs EC approval)

  19. Associated partners 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 • Quarterly report on activities related to VRA (at consortium meetings) • No Admin reporting tasks • FORWISS, Univesrity of Passau – Erich Fuchs • AbertisAutopistas – Carlos Fuentes Alonso • CTAG – Francisco Sanchez and Rosa Blanco • DLR – Anna Schieben • OKAN University – SevilBudak • Technical University of Crete – Prof Markos Papageorgiou • TRL – Nick Reed • Uni Trento – Mauro da Lio

  20. Thank you for your attention… 1st VRA concertation meeting, 1 Oct 2013 Any questions? Maxime Flament, m.flament@mail.ertico.com ERTICO – ITS EUROPE

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