By linking natural and artificial intelligence, new types of transportation solutions are being created, which can also address the problems of ever-growing cities. Participants discussed the topic of future transportation at the Knowledge Mobility Conference 2024.
Stuck in traffic jams, a constant shortage of parking spaces, bad air and noise: these are the constant characteristics of today's cities, which are often not designed to meet the very increasing traffic needs of recent decades, and yet they have to deal with this problem. A large number of cars and vehicles, while also having to accommodate increasing numbers of people. Currently, just over half of the Earth's population of more than 8 billion people live in cities, but this proportion is changing rapidly and, according to UN projections, could reach 60% by 2030. Our world in data In his image It is also clear that the largest cities, especially in the Asian region, have been populating at an incredible rate since the last century. The population of Tokyo, Delhi, Mumbai or Istanbul has grown at lightning speed since 1950, and more people live in each of these cities than before. It is in all of Hungary.
Many people also means many means of transportation,
Only a small part of them belongs to the micro-mobility category, and many people choose to travel by car or public transport, although the use of public transport is also decreasing according to some statistics: KSH Data In Hungary, the number of people traveling by bus fell by a third in 2001, although the same number of people used trams and the metro. The number of passenger cars in Hungary has increased from 2.5 million to 4.2 million since 2001.
It is therefore crucial that we manage this huge amount of transport properly, so that cities remain or become as livable for people as possible. In this regard, there is room for improvement at the global level as well, and the solution must be found in better understanding and better management of mobility. One possible way for this is the so-called cognitive mobility (CogMob), a modern scientific field that brings together different research fields, such as transportation and mobility, vehicle manufacturing, related social sciences or even artificial intelligence research. The latter systems in particular help a lot in developing more optimal mobility solutions, whether through collecting and organizing data, optimizing the production of vehicles, discovering new materials or even through the operation of infrastructures.
It was held at the Bosch Innovation Park in early October Knowledge Movement Conference 2024 Experts representing these scientific fields exchanged their ideas with each other and with the public in order to create an innovative and new approach to traffic management, vehicle operation, communications, energy sources and city planning.
“Moving the future is no longer just a matter of engineering. The world must confront global challenges such as the climate crisis, the scarcity of energy sources or the continued growth of cities.”
– said Dr. Matti Zoldi, Head of the Competence Center for Innovative Vehicle Technologies BME-Bosch, organizer of the Knowledge Mobility Conference 2024. According to him, solving problems requires global cooperation between professionals and an innovative approach, which the conference also promotes. The lectures covered a wide range of topics, from the competition between different types of driving to smart cities, which play a central role in shaping future mobility.
One interesting concept that will provide important assistance in future traffic has been introduced by Bosch engineers, who are using a system based on wireless communications to enable vehicles on the road to “talk” to each other and share their data, thus creating more effective cooperation. Communication with the vehicle can become really important if, due to unsuitable conditions, its sensors cannot produce sufficient data for safe driving, then data sharing can play a role, through which the vehicle can carry out driving operations stably even in unfavorable situations. .
At the conference, special attention was paid to the impact of different technological developments, not only in terms of efficiency, but also in terms of sustainability, and therefore hydrogen cannot be avoided, as it is generally considered the greenest energy source. From the future. In a related presentation, Dr. Dinesh Balasubramanian, senior researcher at MEPCO University in India, spoke about intelligent data-driven methods and simulation procedures that lead to increased safety of hydrogen movement, helping to make hydrogen an acceptable and practical alternative in transportation.
However, an environmentally friendly stance is not just about the fuel used and the drive chain;
It starts in a completely different place: with the decision about whether (and how much) we use our cars at all. According to Dr. Hanula Barna, Associate Professor at Széchenjé István University, the key to reducing time spent using vehicles is city planning – what characterizes a more livable city is that a large number of passengers and goods can reach as many passengers and goods as possible on The shortest possible path to your goal.
“It is useful to organize traffic in such a way that the least amount of unnecessary vehicle movement, such as searching for a parking space, is necessary,
And if the car is already moving, it's better not to have to stop, start, slow down or accelerate over and over again. This wastes energy, increases air pollution, traffic congestion, and the risk of accidents. With advanced cognitive mobility systems, cities can be operated with lower energy consumption, lower environmental impact, and greater safety in the future.”
At this year's Cognitive Mobility Conference, just like last year, students from Moholy-Nagy University of Arts also presented themselves, who this time focused on the interaction between car and person. the Mobility Design Lab In his vehicle design workshop, students can work with the most innovative technologies and create the most creative concepts in the field of future vehicle design, while of course the most practical aspects are also included in the works. Originally started in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz, the workshop has developed into a joint educational program on micromobility with Budapest University of Technology, where in addition to cars, micromobility devices, special vehicles and mobility experience are designed by combining classic design with high quality. -tech, while expanding and presenting their ideas using virtual reality technologies (AR and VR) and digital drawing boards. As revealed at the Cognitive Mobility Conference, and according to the students' vision, the cars of the future will be rolling computers equipped with sensors, which will completely shift their potential towards personalization.
The Best Paper Award was also presented at the event, which was given to the best professional publication on the recommendation of the International Scientific Council of the Cognitive Mobility Conference 2024: this year it was awarded to Dr. Istvan Sazi, President of Bosch. The collection is in Hungary and the Adriatic region. Szász's work addresses solutions for electric motors that are still expensive and lacking in raw materials, so that reducing the cost of materials used in electric cars, which are gaining more and more space, will become a reality.
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The combination of artificial intelligence and human intelligence creates a new world in transportation
The concept of cognitive mobility includes the interconnected system of many areas of research and allows a comprehensive approach to mobility. At a large-scale conference in Budapest, participants explored different aspects of this new field of science.
