xBOT – A Versatile Robot to Assist Testing of Autonomous-Connected Vehicles
This project aims to develop a robot (xBOT) that is customized for testing autonomous-connected vehicles. The xBOT platform itself is an automated-connected and modified Segway Ninebot© with an external shell that allows it to behave, and be perceived, as a free-moving Pedestrian, Scooter, Bicycle, Motorbike, or full-sized Vehicle in actual street environments. The objectives of the project are to ruggedize the platform, provide a user-friendly interface to easily program the platform’s motion, integrate the platform into the Mcity OS, allow the platform to communicate, and be synchronized, with other static and dynamic traffic elements, and achieve all this under a complete life-cycle cost of $10,000 per robot.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $235095
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Contract Numbers:
69A3551747105
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Center for Connected and Automated Transportation
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Ann Arbor, MI United States 48109 -
Project Managers:
Tucker-Thomas, Dawn
Bezzina, Debra
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Performing Organizations:
University of Michigan, Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, Michigan United States 48128 -
Principal Investigators:
Lakshmanan, Sridhar
Richardson, Paul
Xiang, Weidong
- Start Date: 20220701
- Expected Completion Date: 20240229
- Actual Completion Date: 20240311
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Bicycle travel; Bicycles; Connected vehicles; Motorcycles; Pedestrian movement; Robots; Scooters; Vehicle tests
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01848798
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551747105
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jun 17 2022 4:11PM