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NET DIGITAL AG has presented AI-supported control for smart traffic light systems at the Smart City Expo World Congress - first practical tests scheduled

EQS-News: net digital AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous NET DIGITAL AG has presented AI-supported control for smart traffic light systems at the Smart City Expo World Congress - first practical tests scheduled 10.11.2023 / 09:20 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. NET DIGITAL AG has presented AI-supported control for smart traffic light systems at the Smart City Expo World Congress - first practical tests scheduled

Düsseldorf, 10 November 2023 – net digital AG (ISIN: DE000A2BPK34, ticker symbol: VRL) presented its innovative control for traffic lights based on artificial intelligence (AI) to a wide audience of experts for the first time at the Smart City World in Barcelona. In addition, net digital will soon begin a practical test of a traffic light system in southern Germany following a successful learning phase for the artificial intelligence of the control. This will mark important milestones on the product’s way to market maturity.

The AI control, which is being developed by net digital subsidiary irisnet, will be able to adapt the green and red phases of pedestrian traffic lights to the needs of different groups of people in a self-learning process. It will, for example, recognise in real time whether a person is planning to cross the road. In the case of elderly people, children or pedestrians with limited mobility who want to cross the road, a correspondingly extended green phase is to be initiated. The system is also designed to react spontaneously to unexpected events when pedestrians cross the street, thereby protecting road users. The innovative irisnet control is an important component of the traffic light system, which was developed in a joint project with the Institute of Road Engineering at RWTH Aachen University and the BERNARD Group, which specialises in engineering services and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection. The intelligent, self-learning traffic lights are designed to contribute to the smart city of the future by combining increased safety for road users with improved traffic flow and reduced waiting times.