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Title: Automated Road Vehicles Developments during 2005 Robert Johnson R. E. Johnson Consulting Rockville, Maryland www.autoroadvehicles.com Advanced Transit Association Technical Seminar January 22, 2006


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Automated Road VehiclesDevelopments during 2005
Robert JohnsonR. E. Johnson
ConsultingRockville, Marylandwww.autoroadvehicle
s.comAdvanced Transit Association Technical
SeminarJanuary 22, 2006
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Automated Road Vehicles
  • Steer themselves on a flat surface
  • No mechanical constraint
  • Self contained power source
  • All sizes 4 passenger to 50 passenger
  • Also called
  • Automated (or Automatic) Guided Vehicles
  • Road based people movers

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ULTra 4-passenger vehicle
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Original ParkShuttle in Airport Parking Lot
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Major Developments During 2005
  • EU-China Project (began December 2004)
  • Toyota IMTS bus at EXPO 2005 in Japan
  • BAA selects ULTra for Heathrow airport
  • Grand Challenge has five finishers
  • ParkShuttle II begins operation near Rotterdam

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Grand Challenge 2005
  • Winner was Stanley, a Volkswagen SUV entered by
    Stanford University
  • 2 million prize
  • 132 mile course
  • Much more difficult than controlling Automated
    Road Vehicle (ARV)
  • But ARV must be more reliable

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TRB Session 732 on Automated Road Vehicles
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006, 430 - 600, Hilton
  • Benefits and Operation of Hybrid-Electric Road
    Trains, Bruce McHenry
  • CyberC3 Cybercar Automated Vehicles in China,
    Ming Yang, et al.
  • Automated Chain Mobility Each Mode Its Own
    Niche, Robbert Lohmann
  • Personal Rapid Transit in Relation to Other Forms
    of Automated Transport, Martin Lowson

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Hybrid-Electric Road Trains
  • Session devoted to road trains at 12th World
    Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems,
    November 2005
  • All-electric vehicles might be physically coupled
    to form road trains led by manually driven ICE
    or electric vehicles
  • Could triple lane capacity, double fuel economy
  • Could be combined with electric short-term rental
    cars that are redistributed at low speed by
    robotic driving

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CyberC3 Cybercar Automated Vehicles in China
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For the trial program in Century Park.vehicles
will be connected with a central controlling
system to carry tourists around the
parkPassengers choose their destination stop
after boarding and get off when the car stops --
just like an elevator
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CyberC3 Test Vehicle
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ParkShuttle II
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ParkShuttle II Vehicles at Station
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Grand Opening December 1, 2005Prime Minister
Balkenende rides the ParkShuttle
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Toyota IMTS bus at EXPO 2005
  • Intelligent Multi-mode Transport System
  • Driverless platoons on exclusive roadway
  • Manual operation of single bus on ordinary
    streets
  • 30 km/hr (19 mph) max at EXPO 2005

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Toyota IMTS bus at station
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Toyota IMTS Platoon at Station
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Toyota IMTS Interior
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Toyota IMTS Operators Compartment with
Transparent Wall (Morizo at wheel)
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For more information aboutAutomated Road
VehiclesPlease see www.autoroadvehicles.com
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