{"id":7825,"date":"2020-10-19T07:05:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T11:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iotm2mcouncil.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7825"},"modified":"2020-10-19T07:05:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T11:05:56","slug":"uk-launches-urban-autonomous-research-project","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.iotm2mcouncil.org\/iot-library\/news\/smart-cities-news\/uk-launches-urban-autonomous-research-project\/","title":{"rendered":"UK launches urban autonomous research project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iotm2mcouncil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/servcity.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7826\" width=\"290\" height=\"160\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>ServCity, the UK\u2019s latest autonomous mobility service research project, launched this month to help cities harness autonomous vehicle technologies and incorporate them into a complex urban environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ServCity is jointly funded by government and industry; the government\u2019s \u00a3100m Intelligent Mobility fund is administered by the Centre for Connected &amp; Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) and delivered by the UK\u2019s innovation agency, Innovate UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 30 months, five partners \u2013 Nissan, the Connected Places Catapult, TRL, Hitachi and the University of Nottingham \u2013 will work together to develop a blueprint that directly tackles the barriers to deploying autonomous vehicles in UK cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ServCity leverages the experience and expertise acquired though the HumanDrive project. Completed in February this year, this project tackled autonomous driving on countryside and motorway lanes, overcoming challenges such as roundabout and high speed country lanes with no marking, white lines or kerbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf society is to enjoy the benefits of self-driving vehicles, we need to ensure the technology can safely master a complex and lively modern city, with all its obstacles,\u201d said Nadhim Zahawi, the UK\u2019s business and industry minister. \u201cThis project, backed by government funding, will not only help make autonomous vehicles more user friendly, but also give users confidence that they can respond quickly and safely and to all types of challenges they face on the roads.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Completed with a 100% electric Nissan Leaf, it was finalised with Grand Drive, the UK\u2019s longest and most complex autonomous drive from Cranfield to Sunderland. Data and learning gathered during HumanDrive represent a tremendous help in the completion of the new venture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely proud to be a part of the ServCity project and are excited to trial our 100% electric Nissan Leaf as test vehicles,\u201d said Bob Bateman, project manager from Nissan. \u201cOur Nissan Intelligent Mobility strategy strives to achieve a mobility future that is more electric, more autonomous and more connected and we look forward to working in collaboration with ServCity\u2019s other partners to achieve this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through a combination of test simulation, end-user experience research and real-world&nbsp;trials, ServCity will inform how cities can exploit the potential of future mobility and accelerate deployment. Concentrating on the three key areas of technology, people and scalability, ServCity aims to ensure the user experience is as intuitive, inclusive and engaging as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Connected Places Catapult supports organisations in harnessing emerging technologies and developing new services,\u201d said Edward Mayo, programme manager from the Connected Places Catapult. \u201cServCity is a perfect example of how we can use this approach to deploy autonomous vehicles on a wide scale to achieve the aim of intelligent mobility and improve the movement of both people and goods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucien Linders, general manager of TRL, added: \u201cAs world leaders in creating the future of transport, TRL is committed to developing safe systems that are available to everyone. Through using the infrastructure and monitoring facilities at our Smart Mobility Living Lab in London, we are uniquely placed to analyse the performance and benefits of automated mobility services in a complex city environment. We are proud to be offering our expertise to this ground-breaking ServCity project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Nick Blake, chief innovation strategist from Hitachi, said: \u201cThe team at Hitachi\u2019s European research and development is focused on tackling the complex technical challenges involved in autonomous driving in congested urban environments. Our role in the ServCity project will include developing the technology behind predicting \u2013 and safely responding to \u2013 other moving objects such as pedestrians, cyclists and cars, as well as delivering accurate and robust localisation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the University of Nottingham, Gary Burnett is chair of transport human factors at the Human Factors Research Group. He said: \u201cOur team brings significant expertise in conducting and analysing user studies to evaluate human-computer interactions. We are excited by our role as part of ServCity to generate theories, models and methods behind the user experience of the vehicle occupants. To this end, we will ensure that the design and development of the autonomous vehicle service is user-centred and truly meets consumer needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Andrew Hart, director of SBD Automotive, added: \u201cRobotaxis have the potential to fundamentally transform mobility for both consumers and the cities they operate in. The user experience lies at the heart of that transformation, as operators will need to carefully balance customer expectations with real-world technological constraints. SBD is proud to be a part of the ServCity project, bringing our decades of hands-on experience from working with car makers to help define and test different approaches to delivering a seamless Robotaxi experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26710,"featured_media":7826,"template":"","news-category":[57],"library-tag":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UK launches urban autonomous research project - IoT M2M Council<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iotm2mcouncil.org\/iot-library\/news\/smart-cities-news\/uk-launches-urban-autonomous-research-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK launches urban autonomous research project - IoT M2M Council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ServCity, the UK\u2019s latest autonomous mobility service research project, launched this month to help cities harness autonomous vehicle technologies and incorporate them into a complex urban environment. 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