Dutch university researchers are using a specially equipped e-bike to collect data on cyclist behavior and create a better understanding of how road users interact. The goal is to develop technologies that can help prevent accidents and make cycling safer.
Denniz Goren, robotics masters student at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty at Delft University of Technology demonstrates a TU Delft SenseBike in Delft on January 13, 2025. — AFP picas a first-time user . Exclusively for Malay Mail readers: Use codeDELFT , Jan 24 — Dutch university researcher Holger Caesar heads out into the afternoon traffic on a bicycle like no other, equipped to collect data he believes may one day save lives.
As Caesar cycles through Delft’s busy streets, his bicycle sweeps up data on range, direction and elevation of both moving and stationary objects — including cyclists, pedestrians and cars. “For cars it’s relatively simple... They go left. They go right. They go straight on. But it’s very hard to predict how cyclists are going to behave,” Caesar told AFP.
LiDAR — “Light Detection And Ranging” technology — is commonly used in autonomous vehicles, which use the laser detection to create a three-dimensional image of their surroundings. This technique should allow a car driver to recognise a “cyclist” when they see one and avoid a collision. This photograph shows a view of the TU Delft SenseBike, developed by students from the Intelligent Vehicles Section at TU Delft, in Delft on January 13, 2025. — AFP picAt the moment there is a dearth of data on bikes and cycling in the Netherlands, despite their popularity.
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