Description and Technical specification of Cybernetic Transportation Systems: an urban transportation concept

TL;DR

This paper details the development, testing, and European deployment of Cybernetic Transportation Systems, focusing on automation, car sharing, and legal frameworks for urban autonomous vehicles.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive description of CTS prototypes, their improvements, and deployment in European cities, advancing urban autonomous mobility concepts.

Findings

Successful tests at INRIA-Rocquencourt facility

First showcase of CTS in León, Spain

Progress on legal and technical aspects of autonomous urban vehicles

Abstract

The Cybernetic Transportation Systems (CTS) is an urban mobility concept based on two ideas: the car sharing and the automation of dedicated systems with door-to-door capabilities. In the last decade, many European projects have been developed in this context, where some of the most important are: Cybercars, Cybercars2, CyberMove, CyberC3 and CityMobil. Different companies have developed a first fleet of CTSs in collaboration with research centers around Europe, Asia and America. Considering these previous works, the FP7 project CityMobil2 is on progress since 2012. Its goal is to solve some of the limitations found so far, including the definition of the legal framework for autonomous vehicles on urban environment. This work describes the different improvements, adaptation and instrumentation of the CTS prototypes involved in European cities. Results show tests in our facilities at INRIA-Rocquencourt (France) and the first showcase at Le\'on (Spain)