Mission:
As Columbus launches new projects as a Smart City, the mission for our company is to create an Advanced Energy Vehicle (AEV) that transports the residents of Linden to Polaris and Easton. Doing this would help connect the residents of Linden to the many basic services and centers of employment that aren’t available to them due to the lack of transportation, such as health care, grocery store, and banking. The constructed AEV will be autonomous, electric-powered and travel suspended from a monorail system. The AEV should fit the following criterias from the starting dock the AEV should move forwards and stop in front of the sensor for seven seconds allowing the gate to open, once opened resume moving forward and have the magnet attached to the vehicle connect with the loading dock with as little recoil as possible and stop for five seconds to allow the load on, then repeat the process going back to the starting dock. The budget given to our group is $650K, We can determine the final budget by using the following given formula.
Total Budget ($) = [Cost Capital ($) + Energy Costs ($) + Time Costs ($)] * Accuracy Penalty + R&D Costs ($) + Safety Violations ($)
With the periodic deliverables to help us stay on track we plan to build an AEV that meets all the requirements and have a design that’s creative with an energy efficient system.
Customers
Our customers include the Smart City Columbus leaders, but also the people of Linden, and other employees in our division and our company. When it comes to Smart City Columbus, in order to fulfill the goals of the customer and make the AEV marketable we have to complete the goals given to us by Smart City Columbus. When it comes to the people of Linden, our main concern is safety and durability. Safety, because the team does not want any accidents and wants to make sure that the people of Linden feel as safe as possible. Durable, because people may be using this method of transportation to go to school. get to work, and other events where being prompt and durable is necessary. The people of Linden will depend on this method of transportation, and the team will do its best job to make sure their needs are met. Finally, employees within our company maybe reusing our design or making it better in someway. For these employees the team is making sure to document our project as best as the team can, in case a manager or another engineer wants to see what the team as been doing, and how they have been doing it, they can follow the team’s methodology step by step.
MCR Priorities
The priorities the team has set up for the AEV focuses not only on the Smart City Columbus goals but also priorities the team has set for themselves. These priorities include making sure the AEV is as energy efficient as possible. This can be achieved by using coasting methods instead of power braking. This can also be achieved by making the AEV as light as possible. Another priority the team has set for themselves is making the AEV as safe as possible for our users and our customers. This can be done by making the AEV as balanced as possible. Another way the team can become safe is by making sure the maintenance is up to date and the parts of the AEV can be easily changed when they are broken. Since the team did not create any custom parts, this would not only be cost effective for the consumer, but also safer for the users.
Final Test Performance Video
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qG3DtwDzE-JXvrb3qiWn1jR1wwF2sO-QGA/view?usp=sharing