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PROJECT OF THE MONTH - SEP 2006
The project of the month for SEP 2006 is awarded to GrayMatter, Inc.
Project description
"GrayMatter's AVS-2 is an autonomous driving solution tailored
directly to the needs of vehicle testing facilities. The system
combines satellite navigation with proven driving algorithms to
achieve a new level of precision in road testing. Combined with a
robotic driving system, AVS-2 can pilot a vehicle along a designated
path or perform a wide range of standard maneuvers, all without
anyone in the vehicle.
Built for reliability, GrayMatter's AVS-2 is designed to work at its
optimum under even the harshest of driving conditions. Adaptive
control systems and intelligent process management keep your vehicle
and your testing on course. Its state-of-the-art driving algorithms
navigate a vehicle safely around any course, over and over again. The
hardware components of AVS-2 are chosen to meet the highest of
standards in performance and reliability, and each system is built
for redundancy and seamless automatic failover, ensuring
uninterrupted performance. Radio control allows manual positioning
of the vehicle and instantaneous emergency override or stop over redundant channels."
- Jorge Nagel
The Protocase experience
"Our first system fit in the back of a Ford Escape. From this starting
point we squeezed everything into first 3 2U rackmount boxes, then
down to a single 2U rackmount box. To accomplish this we needed a
precisely manufactured case quickly. Protocase was able to provide us
with not only the case, but the support to make it fit properly. The
small amount of time it took Protocase to produce and silk-screen the
box was amazing. With Protocase's help we were able to move from a
permanent system bolted in a vehicle to a very portable, rack-
mountable system."
- Jorge Nagel
Project pictures
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