{"id":7145,"date":"2020-06-07T15:45:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T15:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=7145"},"modified":"2021-02-03T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T19:51:08","slug":"transportation-innovation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=7145","title":{"rendered":"Transportation Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

For researchers in Auburn University\u2019s GPS and Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory<\/a>, prepping autonomous vehicles outside in Alabama\u2019s elements \u2013 from the sweltering summer sun to pop-up thunderstorms \u2013 has become a near daily occurrence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether researchers are debugging algorithms, installing sensors or running data analyses, much of the GAVLAB\u2019s work is done outdoors \u2013 and subject to Mother Nature\u2019s whims.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to the addition of a sophisticated new autonomous vehicle research facility at Auburn\u2019s National Center for Asphalt Technology test track, that has changed. The facility provides a garage with multiple bays and lifts for commercial trucks and passenger vehicles, office space for researchers, a conference room and an observation area overlooking NCAT\u2019s 1.7-mile oval test track.<\/span><\/p>\n

The building is one of the few autonomous research facilities in the nation attached to a test track.<\/span><\/p>\n