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ABSOLUT

Automatic bus shuttle – self-organizing between Leipzig
and the BMW terminal

Period
01.01.2019 – 30.09.2022

Project management
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hubert Jäger
Contact
Dr.-Ing. Frank Adam

Project partners
• Dresden Institute of Automobile
Engineering (IAD) at the TU Dresden
• Institute of Traffic Telematics at the
© ABSOLUT TU Dresden
Structurally and sensorically enhanced electric vehicles for autonomous driving. • Stadt Leipzig
• BitCtrl Systems GmbH
• Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr
The ABSOLUT project is concerned with the development and approval of two GmbH (IAV)
autonomously driving, electrically powered vehicles for a Leipzig test route • Fahrzeugsystemdaten GmbH (FSD)
with driving speeds of up to 70 km/h: a 2nd generation Peoplemover EasyMile • Sedenius Engineering GmbH
EZ10 and a VW eCrafter minibus. Both will be equipped with sensor networks • Virtence GmbH
and associated computer technology to record and evaluate traffic and en- • glts cotech GmbH
• INAVET GmbH
vironmental conditions. In addition to cameras, various lidars and radars will • ApiOmat GmbH
be used. Special adapters were designed to integrate these into the support-
ing structure in a functionally appropriate way. Due to the higher driving dy- Funding
namic stresses in the EZ10 vehicle structure, new chassis with an increased
track width were developed and integrated. This was based on simulation
calculations of both the operating loads and the registration-relevant tipping
load case. The field of vision problem resulting from the very wide A-pillars
led to the concept of a standing fixed driver in the design of the safety driver's
workplace. In addition, the vehicle is equipped with a camera/monitor system
that reduces the concealed field of vision in compliance with the approval. Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs
Further work deals with the Continous Technical Inspection – especially for and Climate Action (BMWK): Technology
the EasyMile. For this purpose, risk analyses are carried out to identify fail- programme „ICT for Electric Mobility III“
ure-critical components and their effect on system behaviour, and concepts Funding code: 01ME18001H
for condition recording and assessment are derived from this. Managed by:

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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