Dan Negrut, NVIDIA CUDA Fellow, Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Simulation-Based Engineering Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Our lab has worked on several projects aimed at improving the mobility of autonomous rovers operating in lunar conditions. The design of such rovers increasingly relies on computer simulation. The talk will cover two main topics: it presents an overview of terramechanics models in robotics, and it briefly describes the sensing used in lunar mobility simulations.
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May 22, 2024 | Christopher Goodin, Ph.D., MAVS
Christopher Goodin, Ph.D., Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, will introduce the MAVS and show some examples of how it is being used in the classroom as an instructional tool for autonomous vehicles, by graduate students for research, and by researchers around the world in a variety of military and commercial applications. The technical underpinnings of the MAVS will also be presented.
Read MoreMarch 20, 2024 | Mohit Nitin Shenvi, Ph.D., Compacted Snow Testing Methodology and Instrumentation
Mohit Nitin Shenvi, Ph.D., Terramechanics, Multibody, and Vehicle Systems Laboratory, Virginia Tech: This talk focuses on the literature of snow characterization and on an analysis performed to identify the extent to which testing conditions affect the traction coefficient of tires using the ASTM 14-inch Standard Reference Test Tire (SRTT) on snow. Another area of focus will be the performance evaluation of an custom in-house device against the Clegg impact hammer and CTI penetrometer when employed in the field for measurements on a compacted snow test track at the Smithers Winter Test Center.
Read MorePaweł Tomiło | Hybrid-locomotion lunar rover | March 7, 2024
Paweł Tomiło, Ph.D., Lublin University of Technology. The session will introduce the hybrid-locomotion rover concept. The design of a hybrid robot combines the characteristics of wheeled and legged robots. The rover is equipped with a crawling mechanism that will allow it to climb steep slopes areas where a wheeled vehicle could slip due to loose ground. The concept of the rover will be discussed, the current state of research, and future work on the development of the rover will be presented.
Read MoreFISITA World Mobility Summit 2024 location announced: Warren, Michigan, USA
We are excited to announce that the FISITA World Mobility Summit 2024 will be taking place on 13-14 November at the General Motors Technical Centre, Warren, Michigan, USA. The event is a unique annual gathering of technology leaders from many of the world’s leading automotive and mobility brands working with the FISITA community. The exclusive nature and atmosphere make it one of the most important events in the international mobility systems leadership calendar. There will be plenty of opportunities to network and engage with your FISITA peers.
Read MoreBest Papers of 11th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the ISTVS, February 1, 2024
RECORDING | TERRABITE — The 11th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the ISTVS was held online in September 2022, hosted by the Harbin Institute of Technology, PR China, and included presenters from around the world. The Conference Committee identified papers whose authors were encouraged to submit manuscripts for a Special Issue of the Society’s Journal of Terramechanics. The Special Issue that resulted represents a selection of the best papers of the conference: Best Papers of 11th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the ISTVS. ISTVS has been hosting online events for ongoing and recent research on terramechanics and terrain-vehicle systems under our Digital Event Series since 2021. Recordings from the series are posted to our YouTube channel. Please join us in two upcoming sessions dedicated to the best papers from this Special Issue. This first session is on February 1.
Read MoreISTVS 2024 dates announced
We are pleased to announce the location and dates for the 2024 conference, the 20th International and 12th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the ISTVS. Mark your calendars to join your terramechanics colleagues in Yokohama, Japan, October 28-31, 2024.
Read MoreISTVS 2023 Lublin abstracts published to the conference website
We’re pleased to announce that abstracts for all the full papers and abstract-only submissions to ISTVS 2023 in Lublin this October have been published to the conference website at 2023.istvs.org.
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Our colleagues at FISITA are publishing regular updates on the road to the September conference where ISTVS will be exhibiting. Here’s a link to the latest update: mailchi.mp/fisita/tmce08august23-341205
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