Project NEPTUNE: Delivering Centralised Control of Connected Things

我们看到未来将推出几年前无法想象的新服务。这将包括在城镇和市中心使用自动驾驶电动穿梭车，与其他道路使用者一起工作，作为综合旅行解决方案的一部分，使用无人机进行交付并支持我们的紧急服务，以及机器人将在购物中心，医院和其他地点承担一系列角色，以改善整体体验。在技术上，设备已经取得了显着进步，支持这些服务所需的5G连接在全国范围内越来越多。我们看到地方议会、零售中心和送货公司、零售商、咖啡店和其他尝试这项技术的公司正在扩大他们的团队，以便在全国各地的一系列环境和地点提供这些和许多其他服务。任何部署的一个关键考虑因素是需要确保服务安全可靠，车辆、机器人和无人机都知道，并能与周围的环境互动。我们的项目特别考虑了这些方面，并计划开发一个可操作的智能控制中心环境，使场馆，地方议会和其他人能够对不同的服务进行监督，并采取行动确保环境对每个人都是安全的。我们将创建用于这些智能控制中心的操作工具，并且使来自许多不同来源和许多不同服务提供商的数据和信息有意义，以确保安全，将在该区域中操作的所有不同服务纳入单一视图。如果发生意外事件，这些工具还将提供对服务的集中控制，因此每个人都可以确保新系统是安全的。通过创建这些工具，我们还看到了通过公开提供该地区可用或运营的服务信息来增强日常体验的机会，例如，通过定制的应用程序，或作为数字标牌的一部分，在和周围的服务运行的位置。我们将在智能城市环境中试点的工具，创建英国的第一个智能控制中心。我们相信，解决这方面的部署问题将解锁这些新技术，并在一系列环境中实现大规模部署，使自动驾驶汽车、无人机和机器人能够在这些共享空间中运行，造福所有人。

We see a future that will introduce new services that were unimaginable just a few years ago. This will include the use of self-driving, electrically-powered shuttles in town and city centres working alongside other road users as part of integrated travel solution, use of drones to undertake deliveries and support our emergency services, and robots that will undertake a range of roles in shopping centres, hospitals and other locations in order to improve the overall experience. Technologically, the equipment has advanced significantly, and the 5G connections required to support these services are increasingly available around the country. We see local councils, retail centres and delivery companies, retailers, coffee shops and others experimenting with the technology and technology companies are growing their teams in order to provide these and many other services in a range of environments and locations across the country.A key consideration in any deployment is the need to ensure the services are safe and secure and that the vehicles, robots and drones are aware of, and can interact with the environment around them. Our project specifically considers these aspects and plans to develop an operational Smart Control Centre environment that allows venues, local councils and others to maintain oversight of the different services, and take action to ensure the environment is safe for everyone.We will create the operational tools that will be used in these Smart Control Centres, and that make sense of the data and information from many different sources and many different service providers in order to assure safety, bringing all of the different services operating in the area into a single view. The tools will also provide centralised control of the services, should an unexpected incident occur, so everyone can be sure the new systems are safe. By creating these tools, we also see opportunities to enhance everyday experiences, by publicly providing information on the services available or operating in the area e.g., through a customised app, or as part of digital signage in and around the locations where the services are operating.We will pilot the tools in a Smart City environment, creating the UK's first Smart Control Centre. We believe that addressing this aspect of deployment will unlock these new technologies and enable large-scale deployment in a range of environments, allowing the automated vehicles, drones and robots to operate in these shared spaces for the benefit of all.