Award winners 2024
SmartAIs - Obstacle detection app for blind and visually impaired people
SmartAIs - Obstacle detection app for blind and visually impaired people
SmartAIs make it possible for a smartphone to assist blind and visually impaired people by recognising their surroundings and alerting them to special conditions and obstacles in their way. To do this, they carry the smartphone in a special breast pocket. The app uses the smartphone’s camera as well as technologies from the fields of computer vision, robotics and autonomous driving to calculate corresponding messages in real time from the images taken. The calculations are carried out using AI-based technologies and take place entirely on the smartphone. The project team is cooperating with blind and visually impaired people who are testing the app in real-life situations, as well as with major German stakeholder associations and institutions who are contributing their expertise in the field of aids for the blind.
Location: Munich (Bavaria)
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NeMo.bil - Networked Vehicle Mobility System for Public Transport
NeMo.bil - Networked Vehicle Mobility System for Public Transport
The project focuses on lightweight, electrically autonomous and digitally networked vehicles (Cab) for the transport of goods and passengers. From individual starting points, they link up with a towing vehicle (Pro) to travel longer distances in convoy. In the destination region, they decouple and take users to individual end points. Vehicle-to-vehicle technology is used for direct data exchange between the vehicles. The vehicles will be able to navigate and drive independently using artificial intelligence and sensor technology. The fleet will be tailored to demand. Cabs equipped to accommodate people with special needs are also planned.
Location: Grafing near Munich (Bavaria)
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UNLEASH FUTURE BOATS - Autonomous, emission-free boats for people and goods
UNLEASH FUTURE BOATS - Autonomous, emission-free boats for people and goods
Everyone is talking about self-driving cars – but these self-driving e-boats are no less fascinating. The Future One (passenger transport) and Cargo One (freight transport) models combine advanced technology and sustainable design to create an environmentally friendly and forward-looking mobility solution that is scalable worldwide. Artificial intelligence enables autonomous navigation and route optimisation by using sensors to collect real-time data on the condition of the boats and the environmental conditions. This data is continuously analysed in order to optimise the performance and maintenance of the boats – with success: the ZeroOne prototype has received worldwide approval. The technologies are tested and further developed under real conditions in the ‘Digital Test Field Schlei’.
Location: Busdorf (Schleswig-Holstein)
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SMILE24 - Germany's most comprehensive local transport service in rural areas
SMILE24 - Germany's most comprehensive local transport service in rural areas
Emission free mobility around the clock in the sparsely populated but seasonally highly frequented tourist area around the Baltic Sea fjord Schlei and parts of the neighbouring coast – without having to own a car. To this end, the local public transport service has been extensively expanded to include electric express and tourist bus routes, a comprehensive electric, barrier-free on-demand service, e-car sharing, expanded bike sharing and an app that links everything together. The result is Germany’s most comprehensive local transport service in rural areas, which enables a journey to and from any location in the project region at least once an hour, day or night. SMILE24 is realising the vision of public and integrated everyday mobility – as a lever for a real, lasting modal shift.
Location: Rendsburg-Eckernförde and Schleswig-Flensburg (Schleswig-Holstein)
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MoveOn – Cycling data for Germany
MoveOn – Cycling data for Germany
MoveOn accesses data that is collected and collated as part of the nationwide cycling campaign ‘Stadtradeln’. Over 475,000 participants in more than 2,800 municipalities record their cycle journeys via app – around seven million per year. The MoveOn team analyses this data and makes it available to the participating municipalities free of charge as a basic analysis. To do this, they prepare the data obtained for six application scenarios. For example, as user statistics, graphically prepared ‘heat maps’ or as an analysis of waiting times at junctions. These planning tools can be used directly via a web browser. Employees in over 700 local authorities currently use the data for local transport planning.
Location: Dresden (Saxony)
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