Transportation and Logistics
This field deals with all spatial and time-related activities involved in bridging the gap between goods and people, including their restructuring. This begins with the supplier and follows each stage of the operational value chain to product delivery and concludes with product disposal and recycling.
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Developing next-gen traffic signal control systems
… with air quality in mind. Lehigh University CSE professor Yu Yang applies advanced machine learning techniques in NSF-funded research on traffic management and micromobility systems to reduce vehicle emissions…
The Digital World from a Bird’s Eye View
Urban Air Mobility is a forward-looking approach in the development of sustainable concepts for individual and freight transportation in highly congested metropolitan areas. Whether it’s logistics drones, air taxis, or…
Swarm of small transportation vehicles carries 40 tons
Spinoff of KIT facilitates moves and replacements of production plants. Old production machinery has to be replaced due to changed requirements. However, high weight and limited space in plants often…
City buildings could blow air taxi future off course
The air taxi market is almost ready for take off, with companies such as Boeing, Hyundai, Airbus and Toyota building fleets to have commuters flitting through the sky. Europe and…
Development of quieter vertical lift aircraft
NASA grant funds aeroacoustic research… As noise levels in urban spaces swell, a multi-university partnership seeks to turn down the volume on urban air mobility vehicles. Drone delivery is rapidly…
MINGA research project: Automated vehicles for public transport
In order to advance the automation and digital networking of public transportation in Munich, 16 partners, including the University of Stuttgart, have joined forces in the “MINGA” research project. Their…