The Autonomous Siemens Tram
This work presents a real-world demonstration of an autonomous tram system, addressing the challenge of autonomous public transportation for urban environments.
This paper describes the Autonomous Siemens Tram, publicly demonstrated in Potsdam, Germany, which uses a multi-modal sensor suite for localization, traffic signal detection, and obstacle handling. It provides an overview of the system's hardware and the performance of its localization, signal, and obstacle handling components.
This paper presents the Autonomous Siemens Tram that was publicly demonstrated in Potsdam, Germany during the InnoTrans 2018 exhibition. The system was built on a Siemens Combino tram and used a multi-modal sensor suite to localize the vehicle, and to detect and respond to traffic signals and obstacles. An overview of the hardware and the developed localization, signal handling, and obstacle handling components is presented, along with a summary of their performance.