SBIR Phase I: Autonomous Warning Triangle System (aWTS) for Emergency Stopping

SBIR 第一阶段：用于紧急停车的自主警告三角系统（aWTS）

• 批准号: 2222996
• 负责人: Ece Mutlu
• 金额: $ 27.46万
• 依托单位: CONNECTED WISE LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-06-01 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2222996&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Autonomous; Warning; Triangle

The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to ensure the secure transfer of goods and/or passengers in commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) and prevent the likelihood of secondary incidents when a commercial motor vehicles (CMV) has made an emergency stop on a highway. All CMVs need to comply with traffic safety regulations and deploy emergency warning devices (e.g., safety triangles) during an emergency stop. Without the presence of a human driver, an automated CMV should also be able to automate emergency warning device placement. Proper placement of these warning devices can be life-saving for drivers of non-automated vehicles on a highway. The proposed project will increase the safety of external drivers by preventing any secondary incidents associated with the lane/shoulder blockage due to a CMV malfunction and protect drivers of non-automated and/or semi-automated vehicles by assisting in the deployment of emergency warning triangles on highways. This project aims to remove barriers to higher-order automated technology adoption due to lack of standardization.The project will result in the design, research, and development of an affordable, after-market, reliable, and safe autonomous Warning Triangle System (aWTS) to ensure the safety of the automated and semi-automated commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) during an emergency stop without requiring human assistance. aWTS consists of three low-cost autonomous triangle reflector devices which are planned to optimally fit in a charging dock/enclosure where they will be safely stored during stand-by mode. When activated by the emergency signal transmitted from the CMV, the autonomous triangles are designed to move successively to their pre-determined destinations on the highway. The research and development activity during this Phase I project includes, but is not limited to: reviewing safety codes and regulations, investigating different highway scenarios and associated challenges, and performing computer simulations; developing proof-of-concept hardware that can demonstrate the proposed system’s technical feasibility and its integration to automated CMVs; determining the optimal placement and assembly of the autonomous reflective triangles by collaborating with auto manufacturers; investigating the potential cyber-security risks to develop secure communications between CMV and aWTS; and identifying the operational challenges and the design targets while considering the cost of deployment, lifecycle costs, functional use, and interoperability.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目的更广泛影响是确保商用汽车（CMV）的货物和/或密码的安全传输，并防止商用汽车（CMV）在高速公路上紧急停止时发生二次事件的可能性。所有CMV都需要遵守交通安全法规，并在紧急停止期间部署紧急警告设备（例如安全三角形）。没有人类驾驶员的存在，自动化的CMV也应该能够自动化紧急警告设备的位置。这些警告设备适当地放置可以为高速公路上的非自动化车辆的驾驶员提供生命。拟议的项目将通过防止由于CMV故障而防止与车道/肩部阻塞相关的任何二次事件来提高外部驾驶员的安全性，并通过协助在高速公路上部署紧急警告三角形三角形，以保护非自动化和/或半自动化车辆的驾驶员。该项目旨在消除由于缺乏标准化而导致高级自动化技术采用的障碍。该项目将导致负担得起的，售后，可靠和安全的自主警告三角系统（AWTS）的设计，研究和开发，以确保在不需要人类效率的情况下确保自动化和半自动化商用车（CMV）的安全性。 AWT由三个低成本的自主三角反射器设备组成，该设备计划最佳地适合充电码头/外壳，在待机模式下它们将安全存储。当由从CMV传播的紧急信号激活时，自主三角形被设计为成功地移动到高速公路上的预定目的地。 I阶段I项目中的研发活动包括但不限于：审查安全法规和法规，调查不同的高速公路场景和相关挑战以及进行计算机模拟；开发概念验证硬件，该硬件可以证明拟议系统的技术可行性及其与自动CMV的集成；通过与汽车制造商的合作来确定自主反射三角形的最佳放置和组装；调查潜在的网络安全风险，以开发CMV和AWT之间的安全通信；并确定运营挑战和设计目标，同时考虑部署成本，生命周期成本，功能使用和互操作性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛影响的评估来通过评估来获得的支持。