The automated vehicle conversion system presented in the report provides a low-cost method of reducing worker exposure to hazardous conditions. Automation of a traffic control vehicle not only eliminates the risk to the life of the driver but also eliminates the labor expense of a driver. Safety is additionally enhanced to work crews and motorists by allowing the system to be used in situations where the added expense of a driver is not practical. This is particularly true for local highway departments with limited budgets. Future benefits include automated collision-prevention and completely autonomous intelligent vehicle tracking, navigation and control for IVHS. In this Phase I, MTI has demonstrated the automated follow vehicle capability on both reduced-scale and full-scale vehicles. The resulting automated system is easily adaptable to existing highway maintenance vehicles. (Copyright (c) 1994 National Academy of Sciences.)
Automated Vehicle for Enhanced Work Crew Safety
1994
46 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Highway Engineering , Road Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Highway maintenance , Traffic control devices , Control systems , Man machine systems , Remote control , Highway safety , Automation , Simulation , Algorithms , Systems engineering , Autonomous navigation , Automated traffic control vehicles
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