Dear CATIA community,
On behalf of Dassault Systèmes, we're thrilled to announce the winners of the 2026 Shuttle Mobility Contest! 🏆
(If anyone do not know what was this contest: you can see the objective and rules on the link below
https://discover.3ds.com/catia-shuttle-mobility-contest
We want to celebrate the 4 participations of
Over six months, they used free trials of the 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA applications to bring bold concepts to life — blending technical skill, creativity and vision. The quality and diversity of their submissions truly impressed us. Thank you all for being part of this adventure! 🚀
After reviewing, we chose to celebrate each project for its own form of excellence, rather than judging them on identical criteria:
🏆 🥇Adaptive Social Shuttle — Outstanding Transportation Design
For us, Adaptive Social Shuttle stands out for its exterior design and surface development.
The project goes beyond simply adapting the original shuttle: it proposes a genuinely new exterior identity, with a strong focus on proportions, surfaces, glazing and the relationship between the different volumes.
It is the project that, in our view, most strongly demonstrates the potential of CATIA as a transportation design and surfacing tool, turning an initial concept into a distinctive new vehicle.
✨ VIV-e — The VitalPod — Outstanding Design Workflow
VIV-e stands out through the depth and richness of its design workflow.
Transforming a shuttle into a mobile healthcare environment requires much more than a new layout. The project demonstrates detailed interior design, equipment integration, assemblies and a coherent product-design approach.
It is a strong example of how CATIA and 3DEXPERIENCE can support the journey from concept to a highly detailed product experience.
✨ H5 Autonomous Shuttle — Outstanding CATIA / 3DEXPERIENCE Workflow
H5 particularly impressed us through the breadth and coherence of its CATIA workflow.
From concept and surface design through assembly, structure and human experience, the project demonstrates how different aspects of the product can be developed within the 3DEXPERIENCE environment.
It shows a strong balance between design, engineering, accessibility and user experience.
✨ NSPI on Wheels — Outstanding Concept & Educational Innovation
NSPI on Wheels deserves recognition in a different category.
The project takes the contest objective in a particularly disruptive direction: instead of simply transporting people, it brings Industry 4.0 tools, technologies and learning experiences directly to them.
Robotics, additive manufacturing, digital engineering and other technologies become part of a mobile laboratory and educational platform.
What makes the project even more special is its origin: it is the result of a teacher-and-student collaboration, turning the shuttle into not only a technological demonstrator, but also a vehicle for education, experimentation and knowledge sharing.
This gives NSPI on Wheels a very different — and particularly meaningful — interpretation of the contest objective.
🎯 The takeaway
The strength of this contest lies in this diversity:
- Adaptive Social Shuttle → the power of CATIA for transportation design
- VIV-e → a rich, detailed product design workflow
- H5 → the breadth of the CATIA / 3DEXPERIENCE workflow
- NSPI on Wheels → the power of disruptive thinking
🏆🥇 Prizes
Oksana, Berat, Pr. Nelson, Necmi, you all did a tremendous job on this shuttle, but our jury would like to give the 1st place to Oksana Zaitseva for her great styling and surfaces skills.
Oksana, as the winner of this competition, will receive the opportunity to become CATIA Champion and receive a 3DCONNEXION mouse from our great partner 3Dconnexion. Thanks particularly to @JL
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Berat, Pr Nelson, Necmi, because of their great skills and vision applied to this contest, will receive CATIA goodies.
What’s next? 🚀
We’d like to take it one step further…
What if we brought all your strengths together to create one shared autonomous vehicle?
Oksana, Berat, Pr. Nelson, Necmi, we would be delighted to see you work collaboratively, combining the best ideas from each project into one final shuttle.
The final concept could feature the beautiful exterior design developed by Oksana for the Adaptive Social Shuttle, creating the vehicle’s distinctive new identity.
Then, we could bring together the strongest interior concepts from the other projects — integrating innovative experiences, technologies, accessibility features, healthcare solutions, education and Industry 4.0 ideas.
In other words:
One vehicle.
Many ideas.
One collaborative CATIA project.
This could be a unique opportunity to show what happens when different designers, different visions and different CATIA skills come together.
Are you ready to build the ultimate autonomous shuttle — together? 🚀
Acknowledgement:
I want to thank my colleague and partner @FB for the animation of this contest with me.
Thanks for your initial Shuttle concept and your support @GK @JP @RS @SK @HA @GG @KH
Thanks @JN for the communication
To all CATIA Users: would you be interested to join a next edition of this contest? just leave a comment below.
