Approach to MCR

As the city of Columbus recently won a $50 million grant to build a smart city, P&C Scott Worldwide is in the mission to design a smart transportation system for the Columbus city to provide better opportunities for the citizens. Our company envision to provide a transportation system that could

  • improve safety
  • enhance mobility
  • improve ladders of opportunity for the underprivileged
  • address climate change

The implementation of our Advanced Energy Vehicle (AEV) to provide transportation from Linden to Easton and Polaris is beginning in 2018 and this website will serve to update you about our progress on our project of Advance Energy Vehicle.

Our Mission Concept Review

To make sure we create the best product as a team, we focus on our  priorities on the four main constraints that will shape up our AEV.

  1. The AEV will begin at the designated starting dock (with the front wheel behind the starting line). The AEV will move forward and must stop at the gate between two sensors and pause for seven seconds while the gate opens (If the AEV goes too far, it will trip the second sensor and the gate will not open).
  2. The AEV then must proceed to the loading zone successfully connect to the load using a magnetic hitch without excessive recoil (the AEV may not bounce past the loading line) and pause for five seconds to verify that the cargo has safely loaded.
  3. The AEV will then return to the gate ensuring that the hitch does not disconnect during the elevation change. The AEV will once again pause between gate sensors for seven seconds.
  4. The AEV will then continue to the starting dock (once again without the hitch disconnecting during elevation changes), and stop past the starting line, within the designated starting dock.

Safety is our main priority, thus we will make sure we design the system according to the constrains.