Navya SA has finalized the robotization and automation of two Bluebus Autonom® vehicles and have successfully completed all commissioning tests. The vehicles, operational for level 4 autonomous driving, will now begin their driving phase on a test track. This new step marks the achievement of a perfect collaboration between the Navya and Bluebus teams to automate an existing series-produced vehicle.

The two teams have demonstrated their ability to work together to produce an industrial production vehicle in a very short time. This step is part of the EFIBA project (Emergence Filière Industrielle Bus Autonome) of the France Relance program. After only one month of assembly, the Bluebus and Navya teams were able to assemble and integrate all of Navya's technologies into the Bluebus' robotic platform for series production.

The Navya technology components integrated in the Bluebus Autonom® include the Navya Pack® sensors set and the Navya Drive® and Navya Operate® software bricks. The overall design is based on the interaction between the Navya components and the robotic vehicle control (braking, acceleration, steering) developed by Bluebus. Bluebus Autonom® is the first vehicle to reach level 4 of automation due to an inter-system design at the best level of the automotive and has the safety concepts essential for the deployment of autonomous mobility without an operator on board.

Bluebus Autonom®, driven by the Navya autonomous system, will be series-produced at the Bluebus plant in Quimper on a production line dedicated to autonomous vehicles in compliance with Bluebus' industrial methods and with high expectations regarding the vehicle's technical and economic efficiency. This successful project confirms Navya's ability to transpose its autonomous mobility technology and systems to any existing mass-produced platform, in partnership with industrial players familiar with the requirements of the automotive industry.