Innovative refrigerated logistics: automated logistics in the food industry
For automated food logistics – especially refrigerated logistics – to function smoothly, every link in the process chain must be precisely analyzed and optimized
On the road with automated shuttles on public roads – RIAMO Project
The RIAMO project is about implementing an efficient automated on-demand shuttle service. The focus here is on rural regions, where there are often poor public transport connections and therefore residents usually rely on their cars.
Digitrans eVAN – automated test vehicle level 4
The vehicle is equipped with the latest technology and is already able to drive most of its journey independently. It can be used both as a passenger and goods transporter.
Autonomous driving – what exactly is it and what is the current legal situation?
It describes the movement of a vehicle without a driver. The highly developed systems take over the thoughts and actions of a human driver.
Truck driver assistance systems – ADAS training sessions at the Digitrans test center for autonomous driving
At the ADAS training session on the proving ground in St. Valentin, truck driving instructors from Hödlmayr were able to learn more about truck driver assistance systems and test them in practice in the safe environment of a proving ground.
Road weather station provides extensive weather data for the further development of automated driving in rain
A state-of-the-art road weather station supports the experts with a detailed analysis of the environmental conditions and provides a comprehensive real-time data set of the weather conditions on the Proving Ground in St. Valentin.
Project RIAMO – rural communities enabled for integrated automated mobility
It involves the implementation of an efficient, automated on-demand shuttle service as part of a grant project. Accordingly, it is intended to provide residents of rural areas with better access to the higher-ranking public transport network.
Rain tests for automated driving – Digitrans launches Outdoor Rain Plant
On November 16, 2022, the specially developed outdoor rain plant for rain tests of automated vehicles and their sensors was put into operation. The system makes it possible to generate realistic rain at the push of a button, thus significantly simplifying the testing of sensors for environment detection in rain.
Automated Driving in Austria – AD-Mobility Ecosystem Landscape – Version 2023.01
New version 2023 of the “Autonomous Mobility Ecosystem Landscape Austria” – the map for automated driving in Austria. The map provides an overview of all companies, research and educational institutions as well as current projects and use cases in the field of autonomous driving in Austria.
Automated test vehicle Digitrans eVAN – preparations for Digibus® pilot operation in Austria
The automated test vehicle Digitrans eVAN will start its first pilot project in 2023. The vehicle will soon be on the road as “Digibus® 2.0” in the municipality of Koppl in Salzburg. At the end of 2022, Salzburg Research and Digitrans GmbH carried out initial measurement tests in preparation for the automated pilot operation.
Joanneum Research creates digital twin and high-precision maps for the proving ground in St. Valentin
As part of the transnational cooperative research project testEPS, funded by the BMK, JOANNEUM RESERACH created a three dimensional digital twin of the test track in St.Valentin as a reference for testing and verifying automated driving functions.
Tests of driver assistance systems at the Digitrans Test Center on the proving ground in St. Valentin
On August 9, application-based practical tests with driver assistance systems were carried out at the Digitrans Test Center in St. Valentin on behalf of AustriaTech in cooperation with Graz University of Technology and Factum as part of the research project “Road Safety and Automated Mobility M7174”.