SBIR Phase II: Autonomous active safety systems for verifiably safe operation of ground vehicles

SBIR 第二阶段：用于地面车辆可验证安全运行的自主主动安全系统

• 批准号: 2240322
• 负责人: Jeffrey Johnson
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: MAPLESS AI, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-06-15 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2240322&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Autonomous; active

The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will result from addressing the gap between the ride hail and vehicle rental markets via the creation of a new, more accessible “car hailing” mode of transportation. Based on technical advancements in vehicle safety and fleet logistics, car hailing technology offers the potential for direct and desirable social impacts, including: more equitable transportation that can improve quality of life and decrease cost of living; less personal vehicle ownership and less pollution as a result of more efficient vehicle fleet utilization; centralized, managed parking, which could free land for pedestrians, housing, and businesses precisely where it is needed most; and significant job creation due to the need for remote human vehicle operators. These societal and environmental benefits also directly translate into increased economic competitiveness of the United States: more equitable and available transportation for workers enables businesses to compete more successfully in the global markets, and improved quality of life and wage opportunities leads to more productive workers.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will help enable scalable commercial deployment of vehicle teleoperation technology and services by further developing and improving previous advances in robotics control, perception, and safety engineering. There are two primary objectives for the Phase II research. The first is to develop new techniques and methodologies in safety engineering that will enable the systematic testing and safety assurances necessary for large-scale public road deployments of vehicle teleoperation technology. The second is to revise and improve the novel control and perception technologies developed during the Phase I project to satisfy new requirements derived from the company’s safety engineering advances. The results of the Phase II research will include robotics control and perception capabilities that significantly advance the state of the art, as well as a new set of safety engineering practices and methodologies that could serve as a foundation for the emerging industry of vehicle teleoperation and autonomous vehicle safety.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.

该小企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第二阶段项目的更广泛/商业影响将通过创建一种新的、更方便的“叫车”交通方式来解决网约车和汽车租赁市场之间的差距。随着车辆安全和车队物流方面的技术进步，叫车技术可能带来直接和理想的社会影响，包括： 更公平的交通，可以提高生活质量并降低生活成本；更有效地利用车队；集中管理的停车场，这可以为最需要的行人、住房和企业腾出土地；并且由于需要远程人类车辆操作员而创造大量就业机会这些社会和环境效益也直接转化为美国经济竞争力的提高：为工人提供公平和可用的交通使企业能够在全球市场上更成功地竞争，提高生活质量和工资机会可以提高工人的生产力。这个小型企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第二阶段项目将有助于实现车辆的可扩展商业部署通过进一步发展和改进先前的进步来实现远程操作技术和服务第二阶段研究有两个主要目标，第一是开发安全工程新技术和方法，以实现大规模公共道路部署所需的系统测试和安全保证。第二阶段是修改和改进第一阶段项目中开发的新型控制和感知技术，以满足公司安全工程进步带来的新要求。第二阶段研究的成果将包括机器人控制和感知能力。显着提高了国家的艺术，以及一套新的安全工程实践和方法，可以作为车辆远程操作和自动驾驶车辆安全新兴行业的基础。该奖项是 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力评估进行评估，被认为值得支持优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。