The fusing framework between lifting carrier and tractor-Trailer for modern transportation

Abstract

The integrating model becomes one of key trends in engineering design. The more the product has functional specifications, the more the industrial consumer apply in many fields. In this paper, a fusion design of architecture platform for autonomous system is demonstrated. It is greater due to combining the specifications of various types in commercial market such as driving structure, multi-functional model or autonomous level. Therefore, plentiful advantages of systems are converged into one platform. From customer's requirements, the system parameters and specifications are offered to consult during the process of design. To compare with previous works, the enhancement of tractor-Trailer, lifting-carrier and auto-feeder using differential driving mechanism is merged successfully. The detailed design of prototype involves the development of hardware components and infrastructure. Later, the modeling of autonomous system is simulated on computer to meet the employed conditions. The force analyzing scheme helps to predict the working ability to complete their mission. To verify the proposed design, an experimental version of this system is tested in different cases. In mode of lifting carrier, the vehicle and cargo that become a rigid body, follow the reference trajectory in practical map. In another circumstance, vehicle plays a role as leader which take along with cargo, as follower. From these results, it can be seen that the proposed design is feasible, effective and capable in real world. In future works, a fleet of autonomous vehicles mixing multi-modes in the same map should be considered.