Intelligent and Efficient Transport Systems

The aim of this book is to present a number of digital and technology solutions to real-world problems across transportation sectors and infrastructures. Nine chapters have been well prepared and organized with the core topics as follows: -A guideline to evaluate the energy efficiency of a vehicle -A guideline to design and evaluate an electric propulsion system -Potential opportunities for intelligent transportation systems and smart cities -The importance of system control and energy-power management in transportation systems and infrastructures -Bespoke modeling tools and real-time simulation platforms for transportation system development This book will be useful to a wide range of audiences: university staff and students, engineers, and business people working in relevant fields

Implementing and Tuning an Autonomous Racing Car Testbed

Achieving safe autonomous driving is far from a vision at present days, with many examples like Uber, Google and the most famous of all Tesla, as they successfully deployed self driving cars around the world. Researchers and engineers have been putting tremendous efforts and will continue to do so in the following years into developing safe and precise control algorithms and technologies that will be included in future self driving cars. Besides these well known autonomous car deployments, some focus has also been put into autonomous racing competitions, for example the Roborace. The fact is that although significant progress that has been made, testing on real size cars in real environments requires immense financial support, making it impossible for many research groups to enter the game. Consequently, interesting alternatives appeared, such as the F1 Tenth, which challenges students, researchers and engineers to embrace in a low cost autonomous racing competition while developing control algorithms, that rely on sensors and strategies used in real life applications. This thesis focus on the comparison of different control algorithms and their effectiveness, that are present in a racing aspect of the F1 Tenth competition. In this thesis, efforts were put into developing a robotic autonomous car, relying on Robot Operative System, ROS, that not only meet the specifications from the F1 Tenth rules, but also allowed to establish a testbed for different future autonomous driving research.Obter uma condução autónoma segura está longe de uma visão dos dias de hoje, com exemplos como a Uber, Google e o mais famoso deles todos, a Tesla, que já foram globalmente introduzidos com sucesso. Investigadores e engenheiros têm colocado um empenho tremendo e vão continuar a fazê-lo nos próximos anos, a desenvolver algoritmos de controlo precisos e seguros, bem como tecnologias que serão colocados nos carros autónomos do futuro. Para além destes casos de sucesso bem conhecidos, algum foco tem sido colocado em competições de corridas de carros autónomos, como por exemplo o Roborace. O facto ´e que apesar do progresso significante que tem sido feito, fazer testes em carros reais em cenários verdadeiros, requer grande investimento financeiro, tornando impossível para muitos grupos de investigação investir na área. Consequentemente, apareceram alternativas relevantes, tal como o F1 Tenth, que desafia estudantes, investigadores e engenheiros a aderir a uma competição de baixos custos de corridas autónomas, enquanto desenvolvem algoritmos de controlo, que dependem de sensores e estratégias usadas em aplicações reais. Esta tese foca-se na comparação de diferentes algoritmos de controlo e na eficácia dos mesmos, que estão presentes num cenário de corrida da competição do F1 Tenth. Nesta tese, foram colocados muitos esforços para o desenvolvimento de um carro autónomo robótico, baseado em Robot Operative System, ROS, que não só vai de encontro `as especificações do F1 Tenth, mas que também permita estabelecer uma plataforma para futuras investigações de condução autónoma

Technology and Australia's Future: New technologies and their role in Australia's security, cultural, democratic, social and economic systems

Chapter 1. Introducing technology -- Chapter 2. The shaping of technology -- Chapter 3. Prediction of future technologies -- Chapter 4. The impacts of technology -- Chapter 5. Meanings, attitudes and behaviour -- Chapter 6. Evaluation -- Chapter 7. Intervention -- Conclusion - adapt or wither.This report was commisioned by Australian Council of Learned Academies

Future Energy: Opportunities & Challenges

Future Energy: Opportunities & Challenges was originally published in 2013 by the International Society of Automation. Rights for this work have been reverted to the authors by the original publisher. The author has chosen to license this work with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Click the blue Download button to download the full book PDF, or download individual chapters from the list.https://trace.tennessee.edu/openbooks/1000/thumbnail.jp

Proceedings experiencing light 2009 : international conference on the effects of light on welbeing

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Mitigating Global Temperature Change Through Industrial Sector Improvements: A Case Study In Automotive Manufacturing

Manufacturing is an integral part of our country’s flow of products and people and a top contributor to carbon emissions, promoting global temperature rise. During processing, toxic substances are emitted across the value chain. These emissions account for nearly 25% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and the World. Until 2023, an accessible pathway for manufacturing companies to transition to net-zero emissions hasn’t been made readily available. The current research was conducted to determine if reducing carbon emissions in manufacturing facilities through efficiency improvements, process optimization, and technology advancements can mitigate global temperature change.This quantitative, mixed-method approach was conducted by investigating major constraints and evaluating the current state of energy security in manufacturing. A feasibility study was conducted on deploying biomass-to-energy as the primary energy source for the facility and the state of Missouri. A case study was conducted at an automotive manufacturing facility to measure efficiency improvements in a real-life context. The research shows that emissions reductions from manufacturing favor the ability to impact global temperature change. Education was found to be the top constraint by cost and impact. Energy security within the sector and the United States is favorable at an index value lower than 70. Improvements in energy efficiency and new processing methods showed favorable business savings (+$125k) and emissions reductions (-200k tons) in less than a year. The feasibility of biomass-to-energy showed being able to become a primary supplier of energy to the plant and Missouri. Findings indicated that it is necessary to promote and mesh education, technology growth, and energy-saving efforts to have a favorable impact on global temperature change