IPA2X Intelligent Pedestrian Assistant to everyone
As part of the EIT Urban Mobility - KIC 2022 projects, the Municipality of Milan is among the partners of the IPA2X - Intelligent Pedestrian Assistant To Everyone project.
Project
The “IPA2X” project is aimed at studying the adoption of robotic rovers to support active mobility in urban contexts to improve citizen safety, reduce noise and environmental pollution and contain service management costs. The rover, equipped with sensors and a video camera, communicates autonomously with the vehicles, informing the drivers and slowing down the speed of the vehicles in the event of pedestrians or obstacles.
The project involves universities, cities, living labs and companies, actively engaged in sharing and developing know-how and experience on existing technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, Real Time Computing, the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G.
The partnership is made up as follows:
• TUM – Technical University of Munich (Lead partner)
• CVUT - Czech Technical University of Prague
• The municipality of Milan
• Municipality of Modena
• AV Living Lab, doo Ljubljana
• AMAT (Environment and Territory Mobility Agency)
• AESS (Agency for Energy and Sustainable Development)
• SKODA AUTO
• Lifetouch Srl
• Hipert Srl
• Evidence Srl
• Huawei
The project lasts 12 months and involves the implementation of pilot actions in three cities: Modena (at the Automove Smart Living Area), Ljubljana (at the Mall Living Lab) and Milan (at the Arcadia school complex).
During the local experiment, which will see some primary school classes as protagonists, the robotic rovers will assist pupils in crossing the road and at the same time, pedestrians' impressions of the introduction of this type of technology into life will be collected through interviews and questionnaires. daily.
Thanks to the contribution of the Local Police School, the pilot action of the Municipality of Milan will be preceded by a meeting with students to explore the topic of road safety and illustrate the possible applications of technology to support active mobility.
There are many functions that robotic rovers can perform in everyday life to improve active mobility, ensuring greater safety on the streets and reducing the use of cars, with a view to sustainability. These include, for example:
• assistance in crossing for the elderly, children, disabled people or people with reduced mobility;
• the transport of what was purchased or the delivery of the products;
• reporting vehicles parked improperly on pavements, cycle paths, disabled parking spaces.
This project is funded by EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union.
EIT Urban Mobility aims to promote positive change in mobility aimed at making urban areas more liveable. For more information: eiturbanmobility.eu
Updated: 24/08/2022