Driving into the Future with ST Engineering Autonomous Buses - Sebastian Yee 2 Dec 2020 - ITU

Driving into the Future with
ST Engineering Autonomous Buses

                    2 Dec 2020

                    Sebastian Yee
                    Head of Autonomous Vehice Testing & Simulation,
                    Urban Solutions Division              1

ST Engineering Group
Vision: to be a Global Technology, Defence & Engineering Powerhouse

                                  Aerospace                                           Electronics
                                  • Aircraft MRO                                      • Smart Security
                                  • Passenger-to-freight conversions                  • Smart rail and road solutions
                                  • Aviation asset management                         • Smart Connectivity including IoT solutions

                                                                                     Marine
                                  Land Systems
                                                                                     • Shipbuilding
                                  • Customised mobility and security                 • Ship and rig related repairs,
                                    systems for defence, homeland                      upgrades and conversions
                                    security and commercial applications             • Environmental engineering

                                               About S$13b                         >S$320m
           AAA                                                                                                           22,000
                                               *market capitalization; STI, MSCI   annual R&D spending
           rated by Moody’s S&P                                                                                          employees worldwide
                                               Singapore Index Stock               (~5% revenue)

End-to-End Transportation Solution: Competitive Edge

                         Leverage Singapore’s Smart Nation ecosystem to accelerate speed of operationalization

              Autonomous Buses for “First-” & “Last-Mile”,
              as part of the future Smart Mobility Systems

                             Participate in full value chain

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Shaping the Future of Public Transport
Working with regulators and members of the ecosystem

  Operational Deployment                                           Strategic Partnerships
                                                                   with Authorities & key players to deploy and
                Singapore as a Lead User of Smart
                                                                   operationalise Autonomous Transports
                    Mobility solutions

Research Institutes &
Agencies                                                     Institutes of Higher Learning
                                                             To develop the next generation of talents in Autonomous Systems,
      Focused co-invention and co-creation of technologies   Sensors, Modeling and Simulation

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Gaps in AV operationalization
• By having a trove of adverse weather data in an urban environment and to use it to validate the algorithms
  and position AV position as truly all-weather.
• Safety is paramount in any AV deployment. The ability to rigorously validate pedestrian/cyclist intention
  prediction algorithms for cluttered urban environment is key.
• Human-like driving characteristics to enhance ride comfort for AV Bus

    POC & POV

Our Autonomous Transportation System Trial & Deployment

                                                                                                      Information contained in this document is proprietary to ST Engineering Land Systems Ltd. No part of it is to be disclosed to any third
                                                                                                      party, reproduced in part or in whole or used in any manner whatsoever without the written approval of ST Engineering Lands Systems Ltd.
        Public Trial & Service
        Sentosa Resort Island         2018
        Keihanna Science City (Japan)2019                                             2024 -
        Science Park 2                2020                                            2027
        Jurong Island Industrial Park 2020
        Jurong Town                   2023
        Punggol Digital District      2024                  2023                               2022
        Closed Service
                                                           2019-     2020
        To be announced              Feb 2021                                 2018
                                                           2020
                                                                            Sentosa
                                                     Jurong Island

                         12m      7m            4m
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Current AV Development and Trials

                                         12m Autonomous Buses for          Development of
                                         Fixed & Scheduled Services   autonomous road sweeper

                        First fully operational
                        driverless shuttle trial

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Challenges

• AV Bus Braking Profile can be very challenging. (Suburb to Train Station)

           Peak Period                      No seat belt for Public Transport
                                                                                Non Peak Period
 Emergency or Hash Braking is undesirable

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Unexpected Environment Condition

         Random Tree Pruning along the roadside   Flooding : No more road marking

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Unique Traffic Situation (VRU)

                Very “Brave” Elderly Jaywalker   Zebra crossing Accident caused by Blind Spot

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Scenario Based Testing related to actual traffic
        requirements

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Unique Traffic Situation

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Public Trial of Autonomous Shuttles at Sentosa

                                                                                                            Information contained in this document is proprietary to ST Engineering Land Systems Ltd. No part of it is to be disclosed to any third
                                                                                                            party, reproduced in part or in whole or used in any manner whatsoever without the written approval of ST Engineering Lands Systems Ltd.
        More than         Average commuter
                                rating

       6,000                 4.55
        passengers         on a scale of 1-5

   Background                                  Public Road Trial
                                                                               Members       of    public
  • To provide important insights              • 6-month Public Trial          visiting Sentosa were able
                                                                               to hail our autonomous
    into the commuter experience,                                              shuttle via the Ride Now
    infrastructural features, mind-            • 4 units of autonomous buses   Sentosa mobile app
    sets acceptance and how                      5.7km route
    Autonomous Buses interact
    with other vehicles and road               • Day and night operations in
    users                                        light to moderate rain
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Key Takeaways/Lessons

      • Validated the system performances (2019)
          • Service availability at 90%
          • 100% of confirmed booking completed
      • Useful data collected on:
          •   System reliability
          •   Commuter travel pattern and behavior
          •   Changes in environment on the system performances
          •   Execution of contingency plans
          •   Public feedback / acceptances
      • Next stage (2021)
          • Explore the use of V2I/roadside sensors at challenging road
            junctions

https://youtu.be/kXpmmoqGN8o

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Thank You…

       See U in
       Uniquely Singapore

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