VOLIERA

VOLIERA project (Video Odometry with Lidar and EGNSS for ERTMS Applications) aims to develop an innovative MULTI-SENSOR COMPONENT suitable for the railway
environment aimed at providing:

• RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE POSITION
• TRACK DISCRIMINATION
• ODOMETRY INFORMATION

Identify a possible solution for guaranteeing position and odometry information with high availability and reliability in the railway application domain.

RAILGAP

RAILGAP (RAILway Ground truth and digital mAP) was started in 2021 and focuses on novel methodologies and toolsets for building high precision and accuracy GROUND TRUTH and DIGITAL TRACKSIDE MAP with integrity requirements, essential elements of an EGNSS train positioning system and a V&V Environment.
It is also the first project that will use commercial trains to collect massive data from the fields:

• GROUND TRUTH becomes essential to characterize, evaluate and assess any solutions with impact on the train position or train dynamics that are explored or still ongoing;
• On the other hand, the availability of a DIGITAL MAP also becomes mandatory to use ATO algorithms and new Train Position algorithms.