Event Overview
This talk details the recently launched center ACCELRT: Autonomous Cargo Carriers for Enhanced Logistics in Rural & Tribal areas. The challenge: our transportation infrastructure does not adequately serve goods movement into and out of rural communities. Meanwhile, automation technologies are benefiting urban dwellers, yet leaving rural communities behind. This six-year USDOT OST-R funded research center seeks to leverage automation technology to resolve this problem across three metrics: cost, throughput, and reliability. Participating organizations include University of Oklahoma (OU), University of New Mexico (UNM), Global Logistics Development Partners (GLDP), and UCB. After detailing ACCELRT’s program structure, we highlight two AV technology demonstrations. They include (i) “air traffic management” for truck parking, and (ii) automated parking in constrained environments.
Scott Moura is a Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering and Director of the Energy, Controls, & Applications Lab (eCAL). He is also the Acting Director of the Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies. He recently stepped aside as PATH Faculty Director, and Chair of Engineering Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He received the B.S. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2006, 2008, and 2011, respectively, all in mechanical engineering. From 2011 to 2013, Dr. Moura was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Cymer Center for Control Systems and Dynamics, University of California, San Diego. In 2013, he was a Visiting Researcher at the Centre Automatique et Systèmes, MINES ParisTech, Paris, France. His research interests include control, optimization, and machine learning for batteries, electrified vehicles, and distributed energy resources.
