Proposal Timeline

Key Research Areas

Future of Logistics

  • Designing Intuitive and Adaptive Human–Machine Interfaces for Future Operators
  • Reliable Embedded AI for Real-Time Vehicle Awareness, Decision Support, Task Execution, and Vehicle Control

 

Improving Material Handling

  • Component and Vehicle-level Prognostics & Remaining Useful Life
  • Resilient and Reconfigurable Warehouse Automation
  • AI-Era Cybersecurity and Resilience for Connected and Automated Material Handling Systems
  • Applied Evaluation of High-Value Humanoid Robotics Applications in Material Handling
    Topical areas of interest may include but not limited to:
    • Order and piece picking
    • Exception handling and replenishment
    • Handling irregular or variable-size loads
    • Trailer/container unloading
    • Evaluation against AMRs, robotic arms, conventional automation and human labor

Truck and Operation Evolution

  • Interoperability & Orchestration of Connected Material Handling with Intermittent Connectivity
  • Operator Assist and Situational Awareness
  • Advanced Perception, Sensor Fusion & Contextual Warehouse Forklift or Fleet Operation
  • Predictive Risk Mitigation in Defined Mixed Human-Manual-Autonomous Material Handling Environments
    Topical areas of interest may include but not limited to:
    • Blind intersections
    • Aisle entry/exit
    • Pedestrian crossings
    • Loading/unloading docks
    • Manual/autonomous truck interactions
    • Reversing, turning, congestion, and shared workspaces

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