{"id":1917,"date":"2023-05-22T10:36:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T10:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationisrael.org.il\/en\/?post_type=kol_kore&p=1917"},"modified":"2023-05-24T05:28:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T05:28:05","slug":"winter-city-challenge-call-for-proposals","status":"publish","type":"kol_kore","link":"https:\/\/innovationisrael.org.il\/en\/kol_kore\/winter-city-challenge-call-for-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"“Winter City” Challenge – Call for Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Participating Agencies<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Israel Innovation Authority<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n
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Up Great Technology Contests<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n

Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

About Up Great<\/a> Technology Contests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up Great are the largest technology contests in terms of the prize fund in Russia. Competitions are designed similar to the model of prestigious international competitions like XPrize, DARPA Grand Challenge, etc. Participants have tasks to develop solutions to the most challenging technical problems in the World, which nobody has solved yet. A team, which wins a global technological barrier, receives a significant prize \u2013 up to USD 3M, if demonstrates a clear and repeatable solution to the experts, jury, and public. In 2018, the first Up Great contests started: “Winter City” (driverless vehicles under winter city conditions) and “First Element” (hydrogen energy). RVC, Skolkovo Foundation, and ASI initiated Up Great technology contests to support the National Technology Initiative (NTI), a long-term complex program to develop innovation-based new economy and create conditions for local companies to become leaders on new high-tech markets that will define global economic structure for the upcoming 15-20 years.<\/strong><\/em>
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Relevant Technologies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Smart City, Smart Transportation,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Israel Innovation Authority and the Technology Contests Up Great are collaborating in the “Winter City Challenge”.  Up Great has initiated the challenge within the implementation of technology contests as a supplementary instrument to develop an ecosystem of innovation in Russia and to create innovation technologies and products in perspective industries worldwide, in particular. 
The purpose of the Winter City Challenge is to develop end-to-end solutions in the field of control of driverless cars (DC) in poor visibility and difficult weather conditions. 
We invite Israeli high-tech companies with their capabilities for the development of autonomous driving solutions to cooperate with local finalists, who have successfully passed through the previous rounds with their vehicles to support them in the final round. Those solutions will be tested in Moscow regions special facilities as part the final round of the challenge in December. Synergy of both the finalists and the Israeli solutions may help finalists win the challenge while achieving recognition in the enormous market in Russia. We invite you to explore this chance, and we will support you in this endeavor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criteria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The challenge focuses on the following areas:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Improve the quality, accuracy and positioning of the self- driving vehicle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Development of additional control system components for unmanned vehicles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Test and validate new technologies for solid state LiDARs suitable for automotive applications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Development of ADAS systems to use as reference to counter check and benchmark existing solutions. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. OEM or automakers to implement technology into the vehicle control systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Development of a software-recognition system that can identify road objects.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n