26 Jun - 2017
On Tuesday 27 June, Dutch Transport Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen will open the Researchlab Automated Driving Delft (RADD) in The Green Village on the campus of Delft University of Technology. This research lab will offer extensive scope for experiments involving automated driving.
The expectations concerning automated driving are high. According to Professor Bart van Arem, co-initiator of the RADD, the technology is 95% ready, but there are still significant challenges in the remaining 5%, particularly in the practical application of the technology. These include purely technical aspects as well as issues concerning acceptance by users, interaction with other traffic, response in unexpected situations and integration into the mobility system. Much of the research is conducted using computer models and in test labs, but to gain really good insight, testing in real-life situations is needed.
Research in different environments
The
RADD offers knowledge institutions, the business sector and government
the facilities to test products, concepts or models and to observe
traffic in a range of environments varying from a closed environment
(enclosed test site, test track) and a semi-closed environment (site
with regulated access), to testing on public roads and on and around the campus of Delft University of Technology. Once these test phases have been completed, the next
step can be taken: testing in one of the field labs in the Zuid-Holland
region, where the various systems can be monitored and studied over an
extended period.
Partners
The
initiators of the RADD are Delft University of Technology, The Metropolitan Region Rotterdam and The Hague (MRDH), the City of Delft and the province of Zuid-Holland.
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