Publication date: 
2021/06/22
The Faculty of Transportation Technology (FD) opened a unique European laboratory on Tuesday, 22 June 2021, which will be used to develop and test communication systems between vehicles and between the vehicle and transport infrastructure, essential components for autonomous vehicle development.

The faculty builds on its success in the field of research of so-called cooperative systems (C-ITS) and built a europe-unique laboratory CertiLab, enabling development and testing of communication technologies between vehicles and between vehicle and transport infrastructure, representing essential components for the future of autonomous vehicles, which will communicate with each other and obtain important traffic information from the smart infrastructure, without which their operation would be very limited. 

 

"The laboratory is equipped with both ITS-G5 and LTE communication technologies, as well as customized simulation and testing tools that allow us to simulate any situation on the highway and in the urban agglomeration and work on applications that increase traffic safety, such as warning of an approaching IRS vehicle, a stationary vehicle, work on the road, a dangerous section or a road with an intersection. At the same time, we focus on the cyber security of these systems and also address legal requirements so that our view of the issue is comprehensive, "describes Zdeněk Lokaj, head of the CertiLab laboratory. 

The research team of the laboratory has long been engaged in research of cooperative systems and cooperates with partners from the commercial sphere and the state administration in many research projects, both in the Czech Republic and in Europe, and is a highly respected partner. The new workplace will thus move the possibilities of FD research in the field of cooperative systems to the European top and provide a background for solving national and international research tasks. At the same time, however, it will be used to teach students in bachelor's, master's and doctoral studies. 

"We are very pleased that such a workplace has been established in our country and will enable us to independently verify the compliance of transport telematics systems with standards and legal requirements in the future and thus ensure their safety and reliability, which is a significant step forward," says Pavel Hrubeš, Dean of the Faculty of Transportation Technology. 

The construction of the laboratory was co-financed by the European Union from the CEF program within the international project C-ROADS Czech Republic, which is coordinated by the Ministry of Transportation and the faculty is a member of the research consortium.