VEDECOM meets with local authorities at the Salon des Maires

VEDECOM meets with local authorities at the Salon des Maires

This year once again, VEDECOM and VEDECOM Tech have enjoyed an opportunity to meet with local authority representatives at the Salon des Maires exhibition. The yearly national event for public procurement stakeholders was held on 19-21 November 2019 at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris. An ideal opportunity for the Institute to present four innovative solutions to assist local authorities in their deployment of new mobility solutions: Marque ta Route (Mark your Road) and VEDETECT, alongside M’OBS and the interoperable supervisor for autonomous vehicles with enhanced perception.

An exhibition stand delving deep into the key issues facing local authorities

Located within the Transport and Vehicles zone, the Institute hosted an impressive stand at the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales. Equipped with two didactic wall panels featuring both graphic artwork and screens, it gave a complete visual overview of the innovative mobility solutions presented by VEDECOM. Origami fortune tellers were hung from the stand, bearing the message: “when choosing mobility solutions for your local area, don’t leave your decision to chance”.

A somewhat unusual approach which was hugely successful! In the run-up to elections, the exhibition was a well-timed opportunity for VEDECOM to gauge the issues facing different local authorities, in all their diversity.

Marque ta Route and VEDETECT: two of VEDECOM’s award-winning innovations at the Grand Prix de l’Innovation

Among the four innovative solutions presented by the Institute, two were recognised by the Grand Prix de l’Innovation of the Salon des Maires on 22 October and were on show to the general public for the first time.

The “Marque ta Route” software, winner of the First Prize for Innovation in the Buildings/Public Works/Highways category, is a road assets management tool based on the PhD research thesis of Maxime Redondin. It provides a set of tools for reliability analysis and assistance with the replacement of road signage, using retroreflection data to automatically analyse road marking inspections.

The VEDETECT sensor network, created by Julian Garbiso, finalist in the NITC/Information Systems category, is a real-time system for measuring and analysing mobility. It uses artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT) to produce mobility measurements (flow, speed and start/end trajectories) that are comparable to results derived from more conventional methods at significantly lower cost. This solution, which will be expanded for use in estimating the density of pedestrians and passengers, will enable local authorities to better regulate traffic, and help them in formulating their transport policy.

Two VEDECOM Tech products: M’OBS and the interoperable supervisor for autonomous vehicles with enhanced perception

VEDECOM Tech also presented two new products. The M’OBS solution by VEDECOM Tech is an evaluation agency for new mobility solutions. It helps local authorities and mobility stakeholders to better understand their environment, to assess the suitability of new mobility solutions and to deliver the best possible user experience.

The commercial division of the VEDECOM Institute also showed a preview of its interoperable supervisor for autonomous vehicles with enhanced perception. Using an interface designed specifically for autonomous vehicles, the Supervisor provides access to a network of sensors installed on roadside infrastructures or in-vehicle systems. It also manages all communications between the different systems. In more concrete terms, it provides local authorities with an affordable and accessible learning and reporting tool to assist with implementing autonomous vehicle trials. It also provides assistance to transport operators and can incorporate new projects being developed by collective autonomous vehicle manufacturers.

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VEDECOM presents ‘Marque ta Route’ (mark your road), a software programme that maintains road markings

VEDECOM presents ‘Marque ta Route’ (mark your road), a software programme that maintains road markings

The quality and reliability of road markings will play a key role in the safety of autonomous vehicles
following their introduction onto our roads. To prevent the non-detection of road markings, the
‘Marque ta Route’ project has come up with a range of tools for reliability analysis, and assistance with
replacing road signs. The software – a veritable highways management assistant – won the First Prize
for Innovation in the Buildings/Public Works/Highways category of the Grand Prix de l’Innovation of
the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales.

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VEDECOM presents VEDETECT, a tool for analysing mobility flows in real time, helping to make the era of flexible transport a reality.

VEDECOM presents VEDETECT, a tool for analysing mobility flows in real time, helping to make the era of flexible transport a reality.

Gridlocked junctions, packed train stations, overcrowded buses… What if the secret to freeing up our cities lay in the real-time management of mobility flows and transport supply? This is what VEDETECT is banking on with the new solution from the VEDECOM Institute, which was a finalist of the Grand Prix de l’Innovation at the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales. Tested with support from the Département des Yvelines, a network of smart sensors enables local communities to monitor traffic in real time, both to regulate it better and to help them to develop their transport policies.

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VEDECOM unveils key results on automated vehicle obtained as part of the AutoMate project

VEDECOM unveils key results on automated vehicle obtained as part of the AutoMate project

The demonstrations made at the IV2019 event were the opportunity for VEDECOM Institute to unveil key results for its autonomous vehicle. The work, undertaken over three years as part of the European AutoMate project, has led to the sign-off on a level-3 vehicle prototype, fitted with technology modules likely to develop cooperation between the driver and the vehicle. On the basis of mutual communication and observations, the system must be capable of improving both man’s trust in machines and road safety.

Major progress in man and machine working together

The project focused on the human experience and includes some cutting-edge technology: Twenty modules covering perception, managing control of the commands, interpreting human behaviour and predicting changes in the traffic close to the vehicle have been developed. Communication between the vehicle and the driver is established by installing a human-machine interface into the passenger compartment, as well as an augmented reality HMI. A camera behind the steering wheel permanently monitors the driver’s face to have true interaction between man and vehicle. The system provides real reciprocity between man and the machine, both in terms of perception and actions.

VEDECOM heavily involved both in developing the technology modules and the human factors studies

VEDECOM, the major French partner on the project, was allocated a budget of €800,000 to follow through on two key areas: developing and integrating new technologies to the vehicle and human and socio-economic factor studies. In both these fields, the Institute was also in charge of evaluating and approving the technology modules that had been developed.

The prototype – a VEDECOM autonomous vehicle (developed on the basis of the C4 Picasso) – was handed over at the IV2019 event, which is the big worldwide annual conference on vehicle intelligence matters.

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Entropy, a premier start-up resulting from the VEDECOM Institute’s work on the analysis of mobility manager’s needs through artificial intelligence

Entropy, a premier start-up resulting from the VEDECOM Institute’s work on the analysis of mobility manager’s needs through artificial intelligence

What are the movement patterns ? Which modes of transport are used ? Which routes ? Entropy, the new start-up stemming from the VEDECOM Institute’s research work, offers communities as well as individual actors a tool for understanding, measuring, and analysing all mobility requirements within a given territory. By means of an artifical intelligence which models flows, Entropy makes it possible to acquire detailed knnowledge of a territory’s mobility in order to make decisions on and evaluate the necessary facilities or services, bypassing field surveys.

Entropy provides predictive multi-sources software that uses wide-ranging data sources : GPS from cars, demographics, transport networks…A display interface enables the observation of all journeys made within a territory during a standard 24-hour day on an interactive map.

The use of artificial intelligence has many advantages : reactive, the Entropy’s tool provides 100% coverage in France, and is as accurate as face-to-face field surveys, but at lower cost.

The startup has set an ambitious objective : to establish itself by 2022 as the leader in demand estimation for mobility managers in France.

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The VEDECOM Institute is attending the 25th ITS World Congress in Copenhagen from 17 to 21 September 2018

The VEDECOM Institute is attending the 25th ITS World Congress in Copenhagen from 17 to 21 September 2018

The VEDECOM Institute for Energy Transition (ITE) is attending the World congress for intelligent transport systems (ITS), which this year is held in Copenhagen from 17 to 21 September 2018.

Stand E-065
Bella Center (10 minutes from the airport)
Center Blvd. 5, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark

Several experts from the Institute will talk about the latest results from their research at round tables and scientific conferences. They will also present VEDECOM’s expertise on stand E-065.

VEDECOM is working with its fifty members, all of them players in the French mobility ecosystem, on fifteen projects in three main fields, involving major societal changes, namely the electrification of vehicles; self-driving and connectivity; and shared mobility and energy. VEDECOM also collaborates with various partners in Europe and internationally.

At the ITS in Copenhagen, VEDECOM will also be presenting its new subsidiary VEDECOM Tech. Its purpose is to utilise VEDECOM’s R&D results to provide technological solutions and services to its clients, while remaining attuned to changes in the market. Some examples:

  • Increased perception and supervision of vehicles
  • Modelling and visualisation of urban mobility flows
  • Autonomous mobility services on request
  • Turn-key self-driving vehicle
  • Optimised thermal comfort, with electrical consumption minimised
  • Design and prototyping of innovative electrical machines

 

PROGRAM OF VEDECOM’s INTERVENTIONS

Special interest session:

Monday, September 17th
11h-12h30 : IOT advancing automated mobility and smart cities for improved quality of life
Avec Gilles LE CALVEZ, Directeur de Programme Véhicule
SIS04, salle BERLIN

Technical session:

Monday, September 17th
11h-12h30 : Modelling Timing Delays with Underlying Spatial Dynamics of in situ Point Geometry of Public Transport
Par Medhi KATRANJI
TS03, salle PARIS

Tuesday, September 18th
1. 9h-10h30 – Automated buses: the future of (last-mile) public transport?
Par Nadège FAUL
SIS 16, salle TOKYO

2. 13h30-15h – Smart Villages : ITS in rural areas
Nadège FAUL
SIS24 – LONDON

3. 13h30-15h – A Scenario-Based Hazard Analysis Approach Oriented to The Modelling of Autonomous Driving Functions
Antonello DE GALIZIA
TS15 MONTREAL

Wednesday, September 19th
13h30-15h – Distributed Intelligence in PAC V2X Project
Oyunchimeg SHAGDAR
TS32 MONTREAL

Thursday, September 20th
13h30-15h – Empty vehicle redistribution and fleet-size in autonomous taxi systems
Tatiana BABICHEVA
SP09 NAGOYA

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