{"365391":{"#nid":"365391","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Bert Bras\u0027 \u201cParking Spotter\u201d and \u201cRemote Repositioning\u0022 Highlighted at CES","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the third year in a row, research being done by faculty and students in the Woodruff School were highlighted by Ford CEO Mark Fields in his keynote address at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Two projects led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/bras\u0022\u003EDr. Bert Bras\u003C\/a\u003E, \u201cParking Spotter\u201d and \u201cRemote Repositioning,\u201d were signaled out by Ford as part of their 25 global mobility experiments that can change tomorrow\u0027s transportation ecosystem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFord filmed several videos on the Georgia Tech campus featuring some of the ME students working on the projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EParking Spotter\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis experiment leverages driver-assist sensors that most Ford vehicles already have, including sonar and radar, by putting them to work for everybody. The sensors search for open parking spaces while the driver looks for spots around the city, and share the information with a cloud database other drivers can access. The system makes it easier for a driver to locate an open spot, reserve it and navigate to the space. It also reduces fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Parking Spotter video, which was shot on the Tech campus, was part of a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/videos\/ford-ceo-on-why-ces-matters\/\u0022\u003ECNET interview with Fields\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERemote Repositioning\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBeing done in conjunction with electrical and computer engineering faculty member, Ghassan AlRegib, is testing remote control repositioning technology using vehicle-mounted cameras and real-time streaming video. Using Georgia Tech-owned golf carts to prove out the technology, a person sitting in a remote location can access real-time video streamed over LTE to drive the carts. The outcome could be a more affordable and effective way to share or park vehicles using a remote \u201cvalet.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESee videos on ME website at link below.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the third year in a row, research being done by faculty and students in the Woodruff School were highlighted by Ford CEO Mark Fields in his keynote address at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Two projects led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/bras\u0022\u003EDr. Bert Bras\u003C\/a\u003E, \u201cParking Spotter\u201d and \u201cRemote Repositioning,\u201d were signaled out by Ford as part of their 25 global mobility experiments that can change tomorrow\u0027s transportation ecosystem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFord filmed several videos on the Georgia Tech campus featuring some of the ME students working on the projects.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ford unveiled their 25 global mobility experiments that can change tomorrow\u0027s transportation ecosystem, which included work from Ga Tech."}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2015-01-16 16:39:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:54","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/featured_meatces2015","title":"Mechanical Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"51181","name":"Bert Bras"},{"id":"94431","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}