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Vehicle Stability Prediction
Head: Alonzo Kelly
Contact: Alonzo Kelly (alonzo@ri.cmu.edu)
Mailing address:
National Robotics Engineering Center
10 40th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Associated center: NREC
For more information, see this project's homepage.
NREC pioneered an easy-to-implement solution to a serious but frequently overlooked problem — stability margin estimation as it relates to vehicular rollover and tipover vulnerabilities.
The concrete realization of a “stability margin estimation system” for real-world applications has been elusive — until now. NREC scientists and engineers developed a real-world, effective system to prevent maneuver-induced rollover and tipover.
NREC’s Stability Prediction System (SPS) calculates lateral acceleration as either curvature or speed increase, and when state of motion reaches tipover condition, the system recognizes the situation and stabilizes the vehicle.
Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.