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Our ZERO Smart City Cube!

The Project:
- Publicly funded research project
- Centered around 5G communication
- Goal: Improve road traffic (Increase efficiency roundabout, test safety measures, integrate Smart City functionality)

The cube:
- Dynamic lighting to increase traffic safety
- Warn vulnerable road users at crossings
- Inform speeding drivers
- First deployed at the First Mile in Ingolstadt
- Energy-self-sufficient via solar power
- Weather and vandalism-proof

The technology:
- Recognition of road users is based on V2X, but can also rely on other sources (e.g. LIDAR)
- Low latency communication with other systems via 5G mobile networks
- Power storage based on Audi second life battery modules
- Built-in roadside unit with 5G and V2X functionality.