{"id":76,"date":"2015-09-13T20:03:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T00:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2015-10-23T20:45:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T00:45:10","slug":"project-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/system-summary\/project-description\/","title":{"rendered":"PROJECT DESCRIPTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of this project is to create a proof of concept that demonstrates a viable water taxi system for the City of Pittsburgh. Many of Pittsburgh\u2019s attractions are located along the three rivers and would be easily accessible by boat. Currently, there are only a few luxury cruise lines that are mainly used for entertainment and tourism, rather than as serious form of transportation. A fleet of autonomous water taxis would reduce commute time for citizens, boost tourism for the city, and grow businesses located along the rivers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-229\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/IMG-20151022-WA0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-229\" src=\"http:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/IMG-20151022-WA0003.jpg\" alt=\"SeaHawk Aluminum Welded Boat\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/IMG-20151022-WA0003.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/IMG-20151022-WA0003-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/IMG-20151022-WA0003-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 1:<\/strong> SeaHawk Aluminum Welded Boat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To support this effort, National Robotics Engineering Center, the applied research lab of the Robotics Institute, has recently acquired a 27 ft SeaHawk aluminum welded boat shown in Figure 1. The boat has been converted to a test bed for maritime autonomy research, with drive by wire controls and a defined interface. The boat is outfitted with autonomy sensors, a positioning system, and also has a cabin and heating\/air-conditioning to facilitate year-round use for developers onboard. \u00a0In this project, we will develop algorithms and tools to enable autonomous navigation of the boat to defined destinations along the river.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of this project is to create a proof of concept that demonstrates a viable water taxi system for the City of Pittsburgh. Many of Pittsburgh\u2019s attractions are located along the three rivers and would be easily accessible by boat. Currently, there are only a few luxury cruise lines that are mainly used for&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":68,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-76","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257,"href":"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/257"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsdprojects.ri.cmu.edu\/2015teamb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}