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Personal Rapid Transit Scale Model. Advanced Transit Association Annual Technical Meeting January 23, 2011 Washington, DC Robert Johnson R. E. Johnson Consulting Rockville, Maryland www.REJConsult.com. Update Since Last Year’s Technix.
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Personal Rapid Transit Scale Model Advanced Transit Association Annual Technical Meeting January 23, 2011 Washington, DC Robert Johnson R. E. Johnson ConsultingRockville, Marylandwww.REJConsult.com
Update Since Last Year’s Technix • Last year’s presentation is at: www.AutoRoadVehicles.com > What’s New > Jan 10, 2010 • Summary: • 1/9 scale, 16.6 in. (42 cm) long • Large enough to hold full-size electronics • Especially suitable for developing vision-based control systems www.REJConsult.com
New Since Last Year • 32-bit microcontroller to operate steering and drive motor • Body composed of 11 pieces of flat, clear acrylic; mostly covered with paper printed on inkjet printer • Can be manually operated from PC keyboard via radio • Platform 45 in. (114 cm) long to represent 2-berth station for docking tests www.REJConsult.com
Vehicle Docked at Platform www.REJConsult.com
Future Work • 1/9 Scale test loop with station • Several more vehicles • Software • Linux • Computer vision • Microcontroller programming www.REJConsult.com