Skoda’s anti-collision system awarded ’Czech Nobel Prize’
Source：zive.cz
From：Taiwan Trade Center, Warsaw
Update Time：2024/02/04
Škoda Digital's anti-collision system (ACS) has won the ultimate Czech scientific award, the Czech Head. The system was created for trams and is considered a key player in the future of autonomous transport.
Škoda Digital, part of the car maker group, created ACS for trams, prevent risks of collision with other objects on the track. During the development, the main emphasis was placed on preventing collisions with large objects, minimizing economic damage and damage to the health of passengers.
The system can scan the environment and compare it with a stored 3D map to get exact locations - so called "virtual tunnel" - the passage profile of the tram in three-dimensional space. The space in front of the tram is illuminated by invisible infrared rays that reflect off the objects. The technology also functions regardless of visibility and meteorological conditions - fog, sun, snow, dark, larger objects and distance up to 100 metres.
The Czech Head is the most prestigious award a scientist can achieve in the Czech Republic. It has been announced since 2002, and the winners of the main National Government Award "Czech Head" include e.g. Professor Antonín Holý, Professor Miroslav Bárta (a well-known Egyptologist) or Professor Václav Hořejší (a molecular geneticist). The purpose of this award is to popularize science and to make the general public aware of the many great results achieved by Czech scientists. At the same time, the Czech Head aims to facilitate private investment into research and science and to support applied research that has the potential to bring profit to companies and society as a whole.
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