Automotive Data Services
Co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Southern, Eastern, & Midland Regional Programme 2021-2027.
With funding from the Smart Regions Enterprise Innovation Scheme, FMCI has extended its automotive services to include sensor integration for data capture, data processing and storage, and Digital Twin simulation. This service expansion responds to developing mobility industry trends, allowing the FMCI testbed to better serve customer needs for research and development.
Context
FMCI is an automotive test facility located in real-world settings, providing customers with the ability to test, validate and demonstrate their mobility technology. Customers have access to a road network retrofitted with interconnected state-of-the-art sensing and telecommunication technologies, known as Smart City Infrastructure, which is fully accessible and controlled via our dedicated control centre. FMCI facilities also include a fleet of test “mule” vehicles, workshop and laboratory spaces, a state-of-the-art data centre focused large volumes of automotive data (often referred to as big data) as well as the processing requirement of such data in addition to traditional office space.
Although FMCI also offers an aerial testbed for R&D activities related to drone technologies, this project focuses solely on providing additional services for FMCI’s automotive testbed. The services offered through this project are additional services which current (and potential future) client companies have requested from FMCI to meet the dynamic research and development needs for mobility innovation.
Aim
FMCI proposed the funding of project-specific personnel for the purposes of developing, enhancing and providing three key data services for FMCI customers. Several organisations approached FMCI for the provision of one or all these services; however, as these services are novel, the infrastructure and/or sensors/technology used to acquire the data are also either novel. Through the Smart Regions Enterprise Innovation Scheme, FMCI expanded with the following services:
- Data capture: FMCI has extended its ground-truthing capabilities with advanced sensor integration. Customers can either affix their sensors to our test vehicles or use the data captured by our sensors to develop their own technologies. With trials run across several sensors in multiple scenarios, the final data sets are generalized across factors and driving conditions for applicable insights.
- Data processing: After capturing large amounts of data for our clients, FMCI processes the outputs to deliver optimised data sets. This process involves filtering, anonymising, decoding, and optimising the raw data. We can then offer customers specific data sets on existing FMCI smart city infrastructure, based on their research needs.
- The provision of a Digital Twin: Using data collected in the physical world, FMCI has created a digital twin of our Shannon testbed. This virtual reproduction of a real-world testing environment offers a sustainable and efficient solution to model, develop, and trial new technologies in a virtual setting before bringing them to life.
From real-time sensor integration to secure data capture and processing, these technologies work together to enable smarter, safer, and more efficient transport solutions. The combination of these three services allows customers to develop, test, and refine solutions that shape tomorrow’s transport systems.
Key Figures
Funding secured by FMCI: €1,009,813.00
Additional information
Participating Partners
Future Mobility Campus Ireland
Funding
FMCI's new automotive services are co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Southern, Eastern, & Midland Regional Programme 2021-2027.
Thematic Pillars
• Connected Mobility
• AI and Data-Driven Mobility
