ABSOLUT II - Autonomous On-Demand Shuttles Providing Individual Public Transport Services for the Suburban Areas of Leipzig
Project leaders: Dipl.-Ing. Runhao (Markus) Zhou, Ventsislava Kaykieva M.Sc.
Project duration: 01.10.2023 – 30.09.2026
Funding amount: 12 million euros, of which 2,26 million euros - TUD Dresden University of Technology
ABSOLUT II addresses the central problem of replacing the existing safety driver in the vehicle with a stationary technical supervisor (TA) in a control center in accordance with the Law on Autonomous Driving (GAF) and providing the necessary technology in the control center, communication to the vehicle and the required interfaces.
The resulting technical (control centre, communication, manoeuvring interface in the vehicle), organizational (optimal compromise of infrastructure equipment and communication, provision of information and its updating by local authorities in the operational area, qualification profile of the technical supervisor (TA)) and legal issues (distribution of liability, approval requirements, rights and obligations) are the core content of ABSOLUT II.
Only with the availability of approved technical solutions that allow several autonomous vehicles to be operated by one employee can the economic feasibility for a comprehensive scaling of automated public transport and the associated development of a broad social added value for securing mobility, even in previously uneconomical areas, be achieved.
Funding Organization: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Strategic Individual Project „ICT for Electric Mobility III“
