New Nonprofit Pursues Autonomous Collision Avoidance for Trucks
The Center for Automated Road Transportation Safety, based in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, which began operation last month as a nonprofit, said it will focus on the research, development, certification, and commercialization of autonomous collision-avoidance technology for autos, buses, and, especially, trucks.
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“We will initially focus on specifications for new trucks and buses which have not received the same level of attention as autos,” said Alain Kornhauser, a trustee of the non-profit.
“In addition, the advancement of those aftermarket technologies to the used-car fleets as well as improved sensors will also be pursued early on,” said Kornhauser, who also is a professor of financial engineering and operations research at Princeton University and director of the school's Autonomous Vehicle Engineering program.
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Also among the 17 trustees is Jason Dameo, president of Dameo Trucking in Bridgewater, New Jersey and past president of the New Jersey Motor Truck Association. The trucking company handles plastic resin distribution in the Northeast.
The center was a result of more than three years of planning, said Kornhauser, who in 1979 founded ALK Technologies Inc., which developed a commercial vehicle digital map database for mileage and routing in North America.
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The center will occupy office and garage space in Fort Monmouth’s 25-acre McAfee Center Complex and develop secured testing facilities on a nearby 80-acre site.
