AUTOMATED TEST VEHICLE SYSTEM

UNTIL NOW, PRECISION, LABORATORY QUALITY, AUTOMATED CONTROL OF REMOTE VEHICLES HAS BEEN UNAVAILABLE. THERE EXISTS A NEED FOR PRECISE, REPEATABLE, AUTOMATED CONTROL OF TEST VEHICLES FOR IMPORTANT AND EXPENSIVE VEHICLE COLLISION TESTING. BY APPLYING OUR PROPRIETARY NEW TECHNOLOGY, SUCH VEHICLE CONTROL IS POSSIBLE. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS BASED ON AFFORDABLE COMPUTER BASED LOCAL NAVIGATION AND ROBOTIC CONTROL TECHNOLOGY. VEHICLE POSITION AND HEADING INFORMATION IS FED TO A REMOTE PORTABLE CONTROL COMPUTER AT HIGH SPEED. REAL TIME ADJUSTMENTS TO SPEED AND HEADING ARE MADE BY THE CONTROL COMPUTER TO PRECISELY CONTROL A VEHICLE THROUGH A COMPLEX PREDESIGNATED PATH AND SPEEDS. SYSTEM ACCURACY IS EXPECTED TO BE BETTER THAN PLUS OR MINUS 1 INCH OVER A 300 FOOT CONTROL AREA. SPEED ACCURACY IS EXPECTED TOBE BETTER THAN PLUS OR MINUS .4 MPH. A SEPARATELY PORTABLE COMPUTER WILL STORE FOR LATER GRAPHIC ANALYSIS: TIME VS SPEED, HEADING, XY LOCATION, WHEEL AND THROTTLE POSITIONS. PROTOTYPE DEMONSTRATION OF THIS POTENTIAL HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED AT MAC TECH. PHASE I, DEMONSTRATE CLAIMS ON A REDUCED SCALE VEHICLE. PHASE II, FABRICATE AND DEMONSTRATE A CRASH-WORTHY SYSTEM INFULL SCALE FIELD TESTS. PHASE III, PROVIDE REUSABLE SYSTEMS TO AUTO MANUFACTURERS, CONSUMER GROUPS, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ETC.