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Sustainable Transportation Lessons from Mars: Balancing Energy and Behavior for Mobility

Explore how Mars operations can inspire sustainable transportation on Earth through balancing energy production, usage, and behavior. Learn valuable lessons on achieving sustainability in mobility by applying Mars rover practices, emphasizing the role of software and behavior in achieving goals, and the need for an interdisciplinary approach for sustainable solutions.

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Sustainable Transportation Lessons from Mars: Balancing Energy and Behavior for Mobility

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  1. SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION: LESSONS FROM MARS Dr. Ari K. Jónsson

  2. Towards Sustainable Mobility • Balance is key • Available energy • Use of energy • Renewable energy • Lower production • Sometimes irregular • Energy usage • Driven by behavior • Systems play a role

  3. Motivating Example: Mars • Limited energy production • But renewable • Cyclical and irregular power • Solar panels • Systems operations critical • Utilize energy well • Behavior is dominating • Operate within budget • Achieve all objectives

  4. A day in the life of a Mars rover Daytime Charging batteries Doing science activities Driving Communicating Nighttime Sleeping Heating Communications MI Pic Pic Comm Comm RAT D Comm CPU is on CPU CPU CPU Battery charge 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  5. So, what is the problem? • Scientist objectives • Gather data • Move rover • Energy limits • Battery status • Sunlight forecast • Outcome • Plan for rover • Happy scientists

  6. Software part of solution Artificial Intelligence Assistance System

  7. Lessons for Sustainable Mobility • Can be sustainable when you have to be • Power production • Power usage • Software and systems play a key role • Achieve more with less • Support changed behavior • Application to energy and mobility • What changes when applied to humans • Some steps in that direction

  8. Interdisciplinary Approach • Not focus only on hardware and social • Software and behavior are keys • System must change behavior • Example: Electric car rental at RU • Engineering developed car • CS developed reservation systems • Management set up access and incentives • Looks promising

  9. Final words • Sustainability always theoretically possible • But, often requires impossible changes • Need to balance desire and cost • Increase level of sustainability • Improve behavior to match supply • Technology can help • Assist humans in achieving goals sensibly • Operate systems as effectively as possible • Combine the two – move one step closer

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