Development of an autonomous trailer

自动拖车的开发

• 批准号: 523065-2018
• 负责人: Golnaraghi, Farid
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Simon Fraser University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=652110
• 关键词: Development; autonomous; trailer

Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mazdis Innovations designs and engineers innovative storage system**products for urban and densely populated areas. The company's flagship product is secure bicycle parking**system for both indoor and outdoor settings. Given the popularity of this product, the company's R&D effort is**now focussed on low-footprint residential storage units. Currently, Mazdis is in the process of commercializing**its new line of automated storage systems. While developing offsite automate storage facilities the company**has discovered a major problem that most of the end-users experience, particularly in densely populated areas**where many buildings do not provide enough storage space for residents. As a result, residents have to rent out**alternative storages offsite. Also, the cost of gas and environment is making most people, particularly the**Millennials, to lean toward smaller cars or rely more on the ride-hailing services, with minimal or no towing**capacity. With this in mind, the company predicts the conventional moving trailers to eventually become**obsolete. Based on this vision, and given the automotive industry's embracing the self-driving vehicle concept,**the company has focused its R&D efforts to develop a low-cost, battery-powered autonomous trailer that would**track and follow a (towing) vehicle without a physical link. Currently, there is no other alternative in the**market, which would place Mazdis as a leading player in the market. The envisioned product has other**potential applications/markets such as RVs, airport cargo transportation, etc. The proposed project with Dr.**Golnaraghi is the first step towards the realization of this goal.

马自达的创新设计和工程师创新存储系统**用于城市和人口稠密地区的产品。该公司的旗舰产品是室内和室外设置的安全自行车停车**系统。鉴于该产品的普及，该公司的研发工作已被重点放在低英寸的住宅存储单元上。目前，Mazdis正在商业化其新的自动存储系统系列。在开发异地自动化存储设施时，该公司**发现了一个主要问题，大多数最终用户经历，尤其是在人口稠密的地区**，许多建筑物没有为居民提供足够的存储空间。结果，居民必须出租**替代储藏现场。同样，天然气和环境的成本正在使大多数人，尤其是**千禧一代，倾向于较小的汽车或更多地依靠乘车服务，而拖曳的容量很少。考虑到这一点，该公司预测传统的移动拖车最终会变得过时了。基于这一愿景，并鉴于汽车行业拥抱自动驾驶汽车概念，该公司集中于开发低成本，电池供电的自动拖车的研发努力没有物理链接的车辆。目前，**市场上没有其他选择，这将使Mazdis成为市场的领先参与者。设想的产品具有其他**潜在的应用/市场，例如RVS，机场货物运输等。** Golnaraghi的拟议项目是实现这一目标的第一步。