Is Australia ready for autonomous trams and last mile freight?
Advances in autonomous transportation products, research and projects have enabled more operators to bring energy—and cost-efficient solutions to their networks. Jacobs has partnered with European autonomous transport leader OTIV to help ANZ operators realise those benefits. Whether it is optimised traction power usage, advanced collision avoidance systems, reduced operating costs, fully autonomous trams, or last-mile freight, we can help.
This presentation is organised by the Railway Technical Society of Australasia.
Learning outcomes
In this presentation, you will learn:
- key challenges for urban and freight rail operators, including the software and hardware elements of an autonomous rail vehicle system
- the necessary steps towards a fully autonomous rail system and benefits realisation
- real-world projects, research and trials taking place in Europe.
About the speakers
Principal Rail and Rollingstock Solutions, Jacobs
Paul is a chartered professional engineer with over 22 years’ experience across the rail industry, including international project and multi-million dollar scope delivery. He specializes in providing solutions to client challenges and solving difficult project problems. Paul is a rollingstock tragic, but has experience and capability across the entire rail domain, taking a great interest in decarbonization and lifting the industry as one.
Business Development & Partnership Manager, OTIV
Luuk has over 25 years of experience in the railway industry. He has a wide field of expertise reaching from Maintenance to Operations and from Rolling Stock implementation to Digitalization of processes, including effective Change management. The last year he brought this expertise to OTIV, enabling the knowledge availability in their products. OTIV is building the future of Rail Automation
