Challenge 2019 – Overview

First/last mile
connection

The focus of the first use case was transporting people in the first-/last-mile connection from public transport, from parking lots to venues, and within communities.

Participants submitted their applications in 2018, shortlisted companies and universities conducted try-outs and testing in Dubai in 2019.

Self-driving vehicles connecting origins/destinations to public transport

Self-driving vehicles connecting off-site parking lots to venue entrances

Self-driving vehicles transporting people around a certain location/development

First/last mile
connection

Participation
eligibility

The challenge use case was open to all players involved in self-driving transport providing first-/last-mile solutions. Participants were grouped in four different categories.

Participants were expected to meet the following characteristics

Leaders

  • Previous road testing of more than 20,000 km

  • First-/last- mile fully integrated solution (that is, a vehicle and the ADS hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis)

  • Operate in mixed traffic conditions

  • Adaptive cybersecurity solution

Start-ups

  • First-/last-mile partial solution or fully integrated solution (that is, a vehicle and the ADS hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis)

  • Basic navigation in controlled environments

Academia – UAE based

  • UAE based university or research institute with high level of research and development in areas of self-driving vehicles

  • Full/small scale working prototypes or original/nascent concepts or simulations

Academia – international

  • International university or research institute with high level of research and development in areas of self-driving vehicles

  • Full/small scale working prototypes

Finalists
2018 / 2019

An international diversified mix of participants has been shortlisted for the Challenge Testing Program

Leaders
Westfield
2getthere
Navya
EasyMile
Drive.ai
GAUSSIN
Baidu

An international diversified mix of participants has been shortlisted for the Challenge Testing Program

Startups
Derq
iAuto
Sensible4

An international diversified mix of participants has been shortlisted for the Challenge Testing Program

Academia
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Freie University Berlin
University of Technology Sydney
United Arab Emirates University
University of Dubai
Abu Dhabi University
Al Ain University of Science and Technology
CMU