VEDECOM is launching Mobility Camp: the website dedicated to teaching new forms of mobility

VEDECOM is launching MOBILITY CAMP, the first website dedicated to teaching materials for new forms of mobility. With more than 100 topics for its launch (white papers, videos, training courses, conferences, e-learning, educational games, etc.), it provides the keys to better learning, understanding and experiencing of future forms of mobility which will be more autonomous, shared and ecological.
As part of its mission to disseminate knowledge, the Institut pour la Transition Energétique (Institute for Energy Transition) aims to promote the investigation and study of innovative and sustainable forms of mobility that are currently at the core of the major challenges that society is facing.
The unique MOBILITY CAMP system supports the many players in the mobility ecosystem (industrialists, infrastructure operators, local authorities and users) to achieve their objectives and develop their expertise.

The mobility sector is experiencing significant transformation in areas such as technologies, consumption, services and regulations. In addition to industrialists, who have specific training needs to help them deal with the emergence of new professions, a significant number of players are looking for information on new forms of mobility, both for business and personal use. MOBILITY CAMP aims to meet their expectations.

It is a collaborative website that brings together a wide array of materials (white papers, videos, training courses, conferences, e-learning, educational games, etc.) from all types of organisations and dedicated to all new forms of mobility such as urban or in sparsely populated areas, on demand, shared and connected.

The mobility sector is experiencing significant transformation in areas such as technologies, consumption, services and regulations. In addition to industrialists, who have specific training needs to help them deal with the emergence of new professions, a significant number of players are looking for information on new forms of mobility, both for business and personal use. MOBILITY CAMP aims to meet their expectations.

It is a collaborative website that brings together a wide array of materials (white papers, videos, training courses, conferences, e-learning, educational games, etc.) from all types of organisations and dedicated to all new forms of mobility such as urban or in sparsely populated areas, on demand, shared and connected.

MOBILITY CAMP is organised in 4 categories to meet its 4 objectives:

1. Get to know the world of new forms of mobility by using a wide range of information media. Examples:
MOOC: TOMORROW’S MOBILITY – Sustainable Technologies for the Automotive Sector (IFP SCHOOL)
White paper on the autonomous vehicle (INRIA – French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation)
Petit Campus: the train for tomorrow (Space science and society – IFFSTAR)

2. Experiment and try out the latest innovations: from prototype versions to tried and tested services, the site facilitates access to trials and demonstrations in order to give you a better understanding of new products and existing services:
SAM (security and acceptability of autonomous driving and mobility) trials
ITS Projects in Hamburg
Transport on demand – available by reservation throughout the Île-de-France region

3. Find out about the most suitable training courses, expert bodies and networks offering opportunities in the new areas of mobility, etc.
Télécom Evolution
VEDECOM Training
Blue2Bgreen

4. Find not-to-be-missed events and forums
Movin on’Summit
Viva technology
Salon des Elus et Décideurs des Territoires d’Ile de France (Conference for Elected Officials and Decision-makers of the Ile de France Region)

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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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Carpooling, carsharing, micromobility, apps, self-service equipment, etc. With the explosion in the range of new mobility solutions, it is becoming difficult for users to find their way. What are the different solutions? How relevant are they to a specific territory? How sustainable are they and what is their business model? Will they offer users an attractive and effective journey so that they soon become indispensable? To help the different ecosystem stakeholders to better understand their environment, VEDECOM presents the M’OBS by VEDECOM Tech solution, a new mobility solutions agency.

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

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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.

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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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