KAMAZ-1221 Shatl Pilotless bus

2018

In June KAMAZ showed work of the pilotless ShATL KAMAZ-1221 electrobus developed by it in Kazan. The electronic stuffing of the car was developed by NAMI.

ShATL (an abbreviation from "Widely Adaptive Transport Logistics") was connected to network of fifth generation of cellular communication (5G) unrolled by MegaFon. Being a partner of the FIFA World Cup (World Cup 2018), MegaFon received from State Radio Frequency Commission (SCRF) of frequency in the ranges of 3.8 GHz and 25.25 - 29.5 GHz of 11 the cities in which there will be a championship, including Kazan.

ShATL was shown in the dynamic and static modes. In the dynamic mode the electrobus moved on specially selected track along the river of the Cauldron on the fenced perimeter. UAVs cannot move on normal routes because of legislative restrictions so far.

Length of the selected way was 650 meters. During demonstration speed was limited to 10 km/h. During the World Cup 2018 ShATL it will be used on a part of a way from the fan zone to Kazan Arena stadium.

ShATL belongs to vehicles of a small class of category Sq.m and is intended for movement on roads with a hard surface using these digital maps, the systems of navigation and bodies of technical sight. ShATL performs a stop for landing and disembarkation of passengers on the stopping points determined by a traffic department and selected by users from the offered list a route.

The interface allows the passenger to manage the system of opening of doors, the system of the choice of a stopping point for disembarkation, a stop on demand, an abnormal stop, a help call, manual opening of doors and also to use USB port for charging of electronic devices. The mass of the vehicle is most optimized, claim on KAMAZ: the body is executed of composite materials, the frame is made using aluminum materials.

During the movement telemetric information and video signal were in real time broadcast by means of the precommercial E2E-solution for 5G networks of Huawei company unrolled on test network of MegaFon. For providing a radio covering of a pilot zone the base station with technology of a radio access of a 5G New Radio (NR), reference network of new generation with support of functionality of New Generation Core (NGC) and the exchange service station (CPE) 5G with chispsety developments of Huawei was used.

Test 5G network is the base station with aggregation two 100 MHz bearing with band width everyone in the range of 3.5 GHz. Data from the electrobus were transferred to the dispatcher station controlling process of the movement of the vehicle with a speed of 1.2 Gbps with the minimum delay of 6-8 milliseconds.

At the same time on KAMAZ server in the online mode telemetric information on parameters of the movement and operation modes of nodes and units of the electrobus arrived. These data are collected from hundreds of sensors installed in the UAV.

2017

In July, 2017 in Yekaterinburg KAMAZ and NAMI Research center showed the joint project – the pilotless Shatl bus.

The bus is capable to carry independently passengers, having obtained in an electronic system only data on a destination point and desirable stops. Automotive equipment expected 12 people accelerates a maximum up to 40 kilometers per hour.

In development of NAMI and "KamAZ" own lithium-ion accumulator is used. A traction electric motor in the machine only one which will be able to develop power in 20-40 kW (up to 54 hp). High speed is not important for the UAV. The shuttle will be able to accelerate approximately up to 25 km/h. The stock of the course is not known. Yandex will be engaged in the cartography, navigation and cloud infrastructure computing connected with bus trips. Capacity is expected 12 passengers.

It will be possible to cause Shatl by means of a special application for the smartphone — the UAV will follow along a convenient route and at the same time to select passengers who follow in the same direction.

Development of electric and pilotless transport is one of the main directions of the Russian mechanical engineering, but their implementation in everyday life will require serious change of the legislation which needs to begin to be reformed already now, Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev noted ^[1].

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