Siemens Crowdsourcing Platform for Traffic Innovation Challenges

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Siemens Crowdsourcing Platform for Traffic Innovation Challenges

Case study of Siemens using Spigit to run an external Mobility IDEA Contest that sourced drone-based parking solutions and other traffic innovations from students and the public.

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June 4, 2026

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3 min read

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Siemens deployed the Spigit innovation platform to run a global crowdsourcing contest targeting five traffic industry problems including congestion, carbon reduction, and parking. The contest engaged university students and external participants who submitted, refined, and voted on ideas using pairwise voting and expert jury review. The winning concept used quadcopters to locate open parking spaces and guide drivers via mobile apps. Siemens continues to run parallel internal innovation challenges on the same platform across multiple business units.

Key takeaways

External crowdsourcing via Spigit delivered a winning quadcopter parking guidance concept from a university student

Pairwise voting and expert jury evaluation selected finalists from public submissions

Siemens now runs multiple internal business-unit innovation challenges on the same platform

University participants outperformed other groups in idea quality and submission volume

Platform supports both external public contests and ongoing internal self-service programs

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