Aurrigo to join MK 5G Create project

The Coventry-based company will join forces with Milton Keynes Council, MK Dons football club, BT and five other consortium partners to test 5G applications in the creation of visitor experiences for users of the football stadium and surrounding campus facilities.

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The company will manufacture and operate a ten-seater shuttle running a short autonomous route from Bletchley train station to MK Dons Stadium, along with two pods operating around the perimeter of a retail park.

In what is claimed to be a world-first, there will also be a driverless Security Pod equipped with a tethered drone patrolling and streaming CCTV footage over 5G to a security centre.

In a statement, Simon Brewerton, chief technical officer at Aurrigo said: “We have a fantastic opportunity with this project to integrate several cutting-edge technologies, including 5G cellular communications that allow guaranteed low data latency and available bandwidth, even when the stadium and retail park are bustling on match days.