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Nanoparticles in emissions on researcher’s radar
Published Jan 05, 2023Nanoparticles are everywhere, but we don't know how many or how toxic they are to humans and nature. The nPETS project involves researchers from all over Europe who visit road tunnels and airports to ...
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Impact on biodiversity often neglected in autonomous vehicle research
Description of the explored dimensions and the three scenarios. Published Nov 28, 2022The impact on important issues such as biodiversity and cybersecurity are often neglected in autonomous vehicle research frameworks, according to a new ITRL study.
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Could public transport be an alternative to electric scooters?
Photo: Paul Volkmer/Pexels Published Sep 21, 2022ITRL launches a new project with Voi and Västtrafik to investigate how and if public transport could be a realistic alternative to e-scooters.
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Open House 2022
Lin Zhao presented the RCV and the traffic control tower. Published Sep 16, 2022On September 8th ITRL welcomed over 70 guests to our first open house since the pandemic!
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IV2022 Best Student Paper Awards
Published Jun 16, 2022Focusing on safety in the field of autonomous driving: "Foresee the Unseen: Sequential Reasoning about Hidden Obstacles for Safe Driving" and "Uncertainty Aware Data Driven Precautionary Safety for A...
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Meet ITRL’s new vice-director
Published May 30, 2022This month we welcome our new vice-director! Jens Hagman is joining the team to further develop ITRL 2.0.
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Driving the shift – Long-term partnerships for sustainable innovation
Representatives from KTH and Scania gathered outside for a quick group photo before the event. Published May 13, 2022ITRL is a center located in the heart of the KTH campus in Stockholm. The center studies the sustainability transformation of the transportation system in the light of automation, digitalization, conn...
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Research from ITRL on IVA’s 100-list
Elisa Bin, Frank Jiang and Mustafa Al-Janabi, founders of ABConnect. Published May 12, 2022The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) recently presented its 100-list with research projects that are expected to contribute to society and business. One of the people included is Fr...
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THE Innovation and Impact Summit 2022 visits ITRL
On Wednesday participants could visit ITRL. Published May 02, 2022Last week Scania and ITRL welcomed participants from the conference THE Innovation and Impact Summit for a closer look at how strategic partnerships drive innovation and sustainable development.
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ITRL paper presented at Design Thinking Research Symposium 13
Lina Rylander presenting at the conference. Published Apr 21, 2022Industrial PhD student Lina Rylander presented Designing for change in complex socio-technical systems at a conference in Israel.
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ITRL Annual Report 2021
Published Apr 08, 2022We look back at 2021 in our now released annual report. Read through updates, results from our projects and work in the main research areas.
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System-level impacts of self-driving vehicles Project summary
Photo: Marcin Jozwiak on Unsplash Published Apr 05, 2022The project 'System-level impacts of self-driving vehicles' is coming to an end and recently presented its project summary.
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Autonomous vehicles en route to the city
Future 5G Ride is a development of the 5G Ride project. Since 2020, researchers have been working with 5G and remote monitoring of vehicles via a traffic tower, something that will contribute to a smooth introduction of self-driving buses in an urban environment. Photo: 5G Ride Published Mar 14, 2022The automobile with a mind of its own is a recurring fantasy in TV and film dating back to the 1960s. But it’s nearly time for KITT, Christine and Herbie the Love Bug to pull over and let some real-li...
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A speedy dream for transportation
Photo: Zeleros Published Jan 19, 2022How about 25 minutes to get from Stockholm to Gothenburg? In a basement at KTH, the technology for Hyperloop is taking shape. Fasten your seat belts; here we are talking about the transports of the fu...
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The unit for combustion engines closes down
Published Dec 01, 2021The Department of Machin Design (MMK) is closing down the Internal Combustion Engine unit. The underlying reason is that fossil-fueled vehicles are on their way out of society.
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SVT visits CoKitchen at KTH Live-In Lab
Published Nov 16, 2021SVT recently visited the CoKitchen apartment at KTH's campus. One of the participating students in the CoKitchen project gave SVT a tour of the apartment, where a total of four students will be living...
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Novel Mechatronics-Twin Framework based on Stewart Platform
Published Nov 01, 2021Within the EU H2020 project SocketSense, a novel mechatronics-twin framework has been developed to integrate advanced biomechanical modeling and simulation capabilities with the support for physical t...
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Pain reducing tech suit on export
In 2009, the Exopulse suit was just a prototype. Today, the garment improves motion range and reduces pain for hundreds of people with brain disorders as MS or dysfunctions from stroke. Published Oct 26, 2021Garments designed to reduce pain and spasms for patients with brain damage – yes, this is done at KTH. More than ten years ago, researchers Johan Gawell and Jonas Wistrand at the Department of Machine...
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Agreeing on how to collide
Do we and the self-driving cars understand each other? Photo: Samuele Errico Piccarini, Unsplash Published Sep 14, 2021Autonomous vehicles (AV) are expected to improve road safety and avoid serious accidents significantly. But do the autonomous systems and humans understand each others reactions in a tense traffic sit...
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