Towards
a New Mobility Concept for Cities: Architecture & Programming of
Semi-Autonomous Electric Vehicles
Industrial Robot, 34(2)
Emerald journals,
Abstract
Purpose ─ This article focus on Cybernetic Transportation Systems (CTS) due to their effectiveness for solving mobility problems in cities. A new mobility concept is proposed which allows to attain the same flexibility of the private passenger car but with much less nuisances. It is based on small semi-autonomous electric vehicles, which may be used to complement mass public transportation, by providing passenger service for any location at any time.
Design/methodology/approach ─ A set of automatic guided vehicles for public transportation are described. Two different control paradigms of the fleet are compared: centralized vs. distributed control.
Findings ─ The pros and cons of both control approaches are highlighted so as to support decisions about the configuration of a CTS for people transportation on public places.
Originality/value ─ The article provides a new offer of transportation for people in short path cities downtown or public gardens, in order to move people based on sustainable and efficient public transportation systems.
Keywords ─ Cybernetic transportation systems,
Automatic guided vehicles, Fleet control.
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@ARTICLE(Rocha_et_al_07,
AUTHOR
= "Rocha, R. and Cunha, A. and Varandas, J. and Dias, J.",
TITLE = "Towards a New Mobility Concept for Cities: Architecture & Programming of Semi-Autonomous Electric Vehicles",
JOURNAL = "Industrial Robot",
YEAR = "2007
MONTH = "Mar.
VOLUME = "34",
NUMBER = "2",
PAGES = "142-149"
)
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