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GATEway project and UK-funded activities on automated vehicles

Presented by Dr Nick Reed Transport Research Laboratory

Technical Lead – June 2015

Testing partial automation, TRL, 2000s Testing in GATEway, Greenwich, 2015

Testing automation in DigiCar, TRL, 2010s TRL Self-driving car and bus, 1970

TRL Self-driving car, 1960s

Future testing, Greenwich, 2017+?

About TRL

Established in 1933; privatised in 1996

350+ staff including many world recognised experts

Head office in Crowthorne, Berkshire - Offices in Scotland, Wales, Middle East

Parent company - Transport Research Foundation

Surface transport research and consultancy

TRL an Affiliated Research Centre to OU since 2008

Trusted advisor to public and private sector

Innovate UK competition: Why now?

Safety

Urbanisation

Sustainable mobility Opportunity

Innovate UK competition: Introducing Driverless Cars to UK Roads

Launched Feb 2014

£10m competition funding up to three projects

Automated vehicles in urban environments

Must include cars and one other form of transport

Proposals must be business-led and collaborative

Not about technology

Innovate UK competition: Introducing Driverless Cars to UK Roads

£19m Government funding (Total investment £35m+)

GATEway - Greenwich

UK Autodrive - Milton Keynes/Coventry

Venturer - Bristol

Venturer

Led by Atkins with - University of West England - University of Bristol - Bristol Robotics Laboratory - Bristol City Council - South Gloucestershire Council - First Bus - Williams Advanced Engineering - Axa UK - BAE Systems - Fusion Processing

Bristol

Venturer

Three year trial

Mixture of physical and virtual environments

Testing of sensor equipment and communications

Cybersecurity

Insurance/liability issues

Using buses for data collection

UK Autodrive

Led by Arup with - Axa UK - Transport Systems Catapult - Coventry City Council - Milton Keynes Council - Ford - Jaguar Land Rover - Tata - MIRA - Oxbotica - Thales - Open University - University of Cambridge - University of Oxford

Coventry

Milton Keynes

UK Autodrive

Three year trial

Demonstrate interoperability and scalability

Demonstrations/competitions

Scaling up of LUTZ pathfinder programme

Insurance/liability issues

Identify new business models

Cities

M1 passenger vehicles

L-SATS

UK Autodrive

GATEway

Led by TRL - Royal Borough of Greenwich - RSA Group - Shell - Telefonica O2

- Royal College of Art - University of Greenwich - Imperial College London - Phoenix Wings - Commonplace - Gobotix

Greenwich

GATEway programme – high level aims

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Greater London

Royal Borough of Greenwich GATEway - Greenwich

London Heathrow airport

Houses of Parliament Tower Bridge

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Greenwich, London – ideal venue

Capital, international profile, global megacity

Political, financial, insurance, media centre

Innovation, exploration, navigation

Smart City innovator, diverse environment

Experienced project lead

Smart city Location and local authority partner

Large multi-national organisations

World leading research organisations

Targeted, capable SMEs

GATEway consortium

Cross-sector stakeholder advisory group and support (Chaired by Lord Borwick of Hawkshead)

Group to meet three times over the two year project; First meeting February 9th, House of Lords

Location

Automotive

R&D/Standards/Legal

Technology/Operations

Road safety

Press launch – February 2015

Meridian Shuttle in action…

Trial 1: Shuttle transport on the Meridian

Route on Greenwich peninsula (TBC)

8 shuttles

Participants invited to experience the shuttle in a managed process

Different demographic groups invited to participate

‘Steward’ on board

Semi-controlled environment

In-depth engagement with participants

Trials recorded on video

North Greenwich tube/bus station

Intercontinental Hotel

Thames Clipper river-bus stop

Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park

The Pilot Inn

Emirates Airline cable car

2.2miles / 3.5km

Draft route

Trial 1: Extension

Extend trial using Meridian shuttles

- Continue using shuttles on an ‘informal’ basis on existing route

- Find additional locations in the borough

- e.g. National Maritime Museum to Royal Observatory

Trial 2: Autonomous valet parking

Part 1: - Participant drives to drop-off point

- Gets out, sets vehicle off to park using smartphone interface

- Vehicle fully autonomously finds parking space

Part 2 - Participant uses smartphone to summon vehicle to collection point

- Resumes normal driving

Investigate: - User attitudes: Trust, acceptance, willingness to pay

- Accuracy of parking: Benefit to parking density

Trial 3: Urban deliveries

Automated van deliveries

To be finalised…

- Sainsburys/Wincanton

- Tesco Express

- Waitrose

- Ocado

- Ikea

DigiCar – trial to test behaviour with automation

Teleoperation – remote control of a vehicle

Work programme – technology delivery at pace

Two year project

All WPs to commence from Month 1

First trial will exploit existing vehicle technology

Ensures early delivery of automated vehicle capability and results

M25+: GATEway continues as an active automated vehicle test environment M24: Final event

M3: Engagement plan complete

M1: All WPs start

M5: Risk analysis complete First live trial under way

M12: Second live trial under way

M16: Insurance positioning

M19: Third live trial under way

WP 1 2 3 4 5 6

Regulatory position DfT: Pathways to driverless cars

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/driverless-cars-in-the-uk-a-regulatory-review

Summary Report/Action plan + Detailed Review

“Driverless vehicles can legally be tested on public roads in the UK today providing a test driver is present and takes responsibility for the safe operation of the vehicle; and that the vehicle can be used compatibly with road traffic law.”

Tests not limited to test tracks or certain geographical areas

Do not need to obtain certificates or permits, or provide a surety bond (do need insurance).



Next steps

All three projects commence

DfT Code of practice (Spring 2015)

- Three trials required to comply

Co-ordination of Innovate UK projects

-Sharing of data in consistent format

-Analysis of emergent behaviours

£100m investment by Government (+£100m matched funding by industry) on connected and automated vehicle research

Next steps

Amend domestic regulations by summer 2017

-Vehicle maintenance

-Highway Code

- Testing without a driver

-Safety standards required (including cyber)

Amend international regulations by end of 2018

- Type approval, ISO standards etc

Thank you

Dr Nick Reed TRL Academy Director

GATEway Technical Lead Tel: +44 1344 770046 Email: [email protected]

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