The traffic lights manufacturers: automobile covering aircraft Catapult UK traffic imagination

The traffic lights manufacturers: automobile covering aircraft Catapult UK traffic imagination

New year's day, the Spring Festival is coming up, want to go home to see. Those who work in the big cities and home in small places, most of them have had such experience: back to the train (or plane), buses, buses, taxis non-stop change, to carefully plan the time and route, in particular, to take into account the transfer between the middle of the. This time, if there is an application (APP), only need to tell it to the destination can help you plan the whole process, so that you do all kinds of transport seamless connection, you will give it a few five-star evaluation?

It is a pity that such a APP has not yet appeared. Although there are many kinds of transport auxiliary APP, but mostly limited to the same or a few types of transport links between the types of transport, such as aircraft or high-speed rail and subway transfer. When it comes to the traffic mode is particularly large, even the most advanced navigation software can not solve the problem. Why? Because it involves too many traffic system, means too much data, and more difficult is how to get these data and the data will be integrated into different systems, not to mention the real-time situation.

From the organizational structure of view, the transportation system is a commercial operation of the center of the company; but from the capital and background, they actually represent a combination of UK research approach. The company was established and supervised by UK Innovate, the former technology strategy board, which received 5 years of funding from UK Innovate and the UK Ministry of transport, respectively, 46600000 and 16900000. But it's more money from private and public sector joint investment, is expected to reach 1000000000 pounds. From the sources of funding can be seen, in order to commercialization for the purpose of scientific research institutions for the allocation of government funds to be much lower.

This is a need to add a little knowledge of the British government. The British government consists of 24 ministries, 22 ministries, 346 agencies, 70 profile group High (BBC, Channel 4, pension funds), and 3 government (North love, Scotland and Welsh). UK Innovate belongs to the third category, and I've been interviewed by the UK Trade and Investment Agency (UKTI) belonging to second categories.

From their explanation can be seen: the UK's scientific research always has a global perspective. They are thinking of globalization of traffic construction, but is not limited to a corner of the island. They think the current mode of transport is a non efficient mode of transport, that is, aircraft, train, bus, taxi, car and other system is separate into the system, the lack of adequate information sharing between. They give a set of data, showing their ambitions.

This car will have the following characteristics:

1, which can carry two people and their luggage; passengers have a full range of perspectives, including both sides of the screen and the rear view mirror; has a separate vehicle and automatic control user interface (iPad).

2, vehicle length is less than or equal to 1.9 meters, width is less than or equal to 1.4 meters, highly (open the door) <1.9 meters, that is to say, can be directly entered the train station or in the supermarket, and the load weight of about 300 kg.

3, the maximum speed of vehicle design for 24 km / hour, the speed braking distance is less than or equal to 3.6 meters, the turning radius of 4 meters, the largest climbing 12.5%.

4, two vehicle charging room can run for at least 4 hours, full power consumption of less than 5 hours.

5, with the steering wheel and pedal, can manually intervene, two passengers can operate the emergency stop button.

It and Mercedes Benz, Google's automatic driving vehicle is what is the difference?

"MK" is a short distance commuter electric car, its research core is the safe operation of unmanned technology, the requirements of the mileage is relatively low. The biggest difference with the current automatic driving vehicle is that it does not rely on the GPS signal to determine the driving route, but to rely on the vehicle itself to carry a variety of sensors (such as laser) to understand the surrounding environment and make a driving strategy. In addition, it can be used as a test platform, so that all the car manufacturers to test their own automatic driving technology. From this point of view, it is both research and commercial. In fact, I think it can also give us some inspiration for domestic research institutions: to build a service to other people's technology research and development platform, but also a worthy of encouragement research.

"MK" reflects the combination of industry and research. Its production by the RDM group's auto parts, and the most important automatic control, sensor, route planning, vehicle control, etc., by the University of Oxford mobile robot team is responsible for. And the local government (Keynes Milton City Council) and the central government (Automotive Commission) to organize the implementation of the project and provide the City laboratory test environment. According to the relevant person in charge of the progress of the introduction, the first car has begun testing......

I hope their research is well. I hope that there is a real APP, can tell me the next plane or high-speed rail, which should take the bus, which should be transferred to the subway or taxi, bus. Of course, the choice must be diversified, but must be combined with the real situation in real time.

The above information is provided by the red green light manufacturer