[AutonomousVehicles] Georgia Tech’s Autonomous Vehicle Research Gets a Real-World Boost through Partnership with Delta, Curiosity Lab

[Angela Daniel]

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On Mon, Oct 7, 2019, 12:38 PM Cornelius Butler via AutonomousVehicles <
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> Below is an article on a major new partnership in Georgia Tech Autonomous
> Vehicle Research. The original article is located at:
>
> https://www.news.gatech.edu/2019/09/06/georgia-techs-autonomous-vehicle-research-gets-real-world-boost-through-partnership-delta
>
> A new partnership with Delta Air Lines and Curiosity Lab at Peachtree
> Corners <https://curiositylabptc.com/> will give Georgia Tech researchers
> access to a real-life environment to test autonomous vehicles and smart
> city technologies.
>
> The collaboration, announced Sept. 5, will allow Georgia Tech’s Smart
> Cities and Inclusive Innovation initiative
> <http://www.smartcities.gatech.edu/> to offer seed funding from Delta for
> projects across campus. Researchers will test their ideas and technologies
> in Curiosity Lab’s living laboratory in Peachtree Corners.
>
> “This is a wonderful example of industry-university-local government
> coming together to advance innovative solutions to the built environment
> and mobility,” said Debra Lam, managing director for Smart Cities and
> Inclusive Innovation at Georgia Tech. “Providing access to such
> infrastructure will help our researchers test new technologies and further
> our mission of serving our community through innovation.”
>
> The backbone of the partnership is Curiosity Lab’s 1.5-mile autonomous
> vehicle test track. Owned by the city, it has 5G mobile data connectivity,
> smart infrastructure like connected traffic lights, a dedicated fiber-optic
> data network, and an operations center where researchers can track data
> from all the connected devices and sensors on the track. The track is set
> in a commercial office park in Peachtree Corners, just northeast of
> Atlanta, and allows interaction with people and vehicles going about their
> daily lives.
>
> “Our 5G-enabled living laboratory will give Georgia Tech researchers the
> opportunity to push the frontier of emerging technology in a real-world
> setting that is almost impossible to replicate in a closed lab,” said Betsy
> Plattenburg, executive director of Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners.
> “Curiosity Lab also will provide those researchers an opportunity to
> collaborate with other industry leaders and focus their research on
> immediate challenges and results.”
>
> While it might seem counterintuitive for Delta to be interested in cars,
> especially the driverless variety, the advances that emerge from this
> partnership could benefit customers and employees, according to Delta Chief
> Operating Officer Gil West.
>
> “Driving the leading edge of emerging technology means Delta can help
> shape how industry adopts it,” West said. “Autonomous vehicle technology is
> one of those innovations we see as having the potential to improve employee
> safety, the customer experience and operational performance, and this
> partnership will help us explore all of those possibilities.”
>
> As autonomous vehicle research advances across the world, Delta sees
> potential applications for autonomous cars, trucks or buses at airports and
> beyond. For example, autonomous vehicles could help customers make tight
> connections across an airport, deliver delayed baggage to customers, or
> transport aircraft parts to airports.
>
> West said this collaboration is an important part of the global airline’s
> strategy to invest in solutions that empower customers and employees,
> reduce the stresses of travel, and redefine the future of flying.
>
> The collaboration builds on Georgia Tech’s autonomous mobility and
> infrastructure work, which spans the Georgia Tech Research Institute, the
> School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Institute for Robotics
> and Intelligent Machines, the Office of Parking and Transportation
> Services, and Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation.
>
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