SpaceFlow – Swarm Mobility Intelligence: Copernicus, Galileo and Vehicle Swarm Sensor Fusion with RL for Predictive DRIVE PILOT Hazard Horizon Extension

At 130 km/h, automated driving systems have only 2.3 seconds of awareness beyond their 300-metre sensor range, leaving hazards such as a pile-up 5 km ahead or black ice 20 minutes away undetected. SpaceFlow addresses this limitation by extending hazard prediction up to 100 kilometres ahead. By combining satellite radar with real-time, anonymised object-level detection data from vehicle fleets, the system generates hazard forecasts up to 120 minutes in advance. The accuracy of these predictions is significantly enhanced by the aggregated data from the fleet, enabling reliable insights beyond the sensing range of individual vehicles.

Benefits:

• For the driver, the hazard detection window increases from 2.3 seconds to 30–120 minutes. This equates to a 300-fold increase in detection range.
• It is suitable for all weather conditions: it combines SAR, GNSS and swarm hazard mapping (object detection by the fleet) to provide significantly improved hazard warnings, even in fog, rain and darkness, when cameras and LiDAR are ineffective.