MCR Approach

Group A’s mission is to create an efficient Advanced Energy Vehicle (AEV) that is able to transport a specific cargo to and from a desired location. This AEV will be suspended on a monorail and is expected to start and stop quickly and accurately.

Constraints on the vehicle include:

  1. The AEV must be able to move forward as instructed, stop when necessary and for certain amounts of time, and proceed to load cargo at an efficient pace without overshooting or under-performing (“MCR”).
  2. The budget for the project is $500K – which includes the costs for assembling and running the AEV when necessary (the time and energy), and the costs for research and development. Financial penalties can arise when there are accuracy errors and safety violations (“MCR”).