1st ICAI 2020

International Conference on Automotive Industry 2020

Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

available on the market for lighter applications. Larger vehicles for heavier applications are now being developed. Large manufacturers, such as Volvo, General Motors and Scania, in the automotive industry are involved in the development. Promising concepts also appear from smaller manufacturers and start-ups. In our opinion, the use of these vehicles can be expected in a wide range of industries. At the Technical University of Liberec, this type of vehicle is being developed as an autonomous electric modular platform for transport of freight and equipment. The development is focused in areas of lightweight structures, electric drivetrain including transmission, batteries and autonomous driving systems including information systems and augmented reality. The purpose of this project for Technical University in Liberec is to gain knowledge and know-how in autonomous specialized vehicles that will allow future development. The main result of the project will we applied partial results on the created autonomous modular platform. The platform will be built as a battery-electric utility vehicle with some off-road capabilities. The platform is developed for unspecified propose and use, therefore all its parts are developed as scalable and modular. Acknowledgements The result was obtained through the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and the European Union (European Structural and Investment Funds - Operational Programme Research, Development and Education) in the frames of the project “Modular platform for autonomous chassis of specialized electric vehicles for freight and equipment transportation”, Reg. No. CZ.02. 1.01/0.0/0.0/16_025/0007293. References [1] Bacik, J., Durovsky, F., Biros, M., Kyslan, K., Perdukova, D. and S. Padmanaban. (2017). Pathfinder–Development of Automated Guided Vehicle for Hospital Logistics, IEEE Access , vol. 5, pp. 26892-26900. [2] Cheng, M. (2018), Honda Unveils an Autonomous ATV for Industrial and Agricultural Use [online]. [cit. 2020-03-04]. Available at: https://m.futurecar.com/1849/ Honda-Unveils-an-Autonomous-ATV-for-Industrial-and-Agricultural-Use [3] GM unveils SURUS flexible, autonomous fuel cell platform. Fuel Cells Bulletin , vol 2017, iss. 11, [online]. [cit. 2020-03-04]. Available at: doi:10.1016/s1464- 2859(17)30398-x [4] Innok Robotics GmbH n.d., Innok Heros [online]. [cit. 2020-02-24]. Available at: https://www.innok-robotics.de/en/products/heros#applications [5] Jandura, P. and Bukvic, M. (2013). Lightweight Battery Electric Vehicle for Educational Purposes. In Applied Mechanics and Materials . Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications, pp. 281-285.

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