Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
National Taiwan University
Intelligent Vehicle &
Mechatronics Laboratory
智慧型載具與機電整合實驗室
Li, Kang (李綱)
Current Research Focuses
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Intelligent Vehicles
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Sensor/Data Fusion & Applications
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High-precision vehicle positioning through data fusion (GPS +
motion/vision sensors + digital map)
Multi-target tracking and classification (radar/lidar/vision sensors
integration)
Sensor-based situation awareness
Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Unmanned surface vehicles (electric vessels) (無人電動船)
Advanced driver assistance systems (先進駕駛輔助系統)
Automated ground vehicles (自動化車輛)
Integration of Vehicular Electronics and Information &
Communication Technology (ICT)
Smart Grid
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利用大型不斷電系統(UPS)達成區域性智慧型電網之最佳供電控制
Lab Members
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Lab Advisor – Dr. Li, Kang (李綱)
 Assistant
Professor, ME, NTU, August 2010-present
 Postdoctoral Scholar, PATH, UC-Berkeley, 2009-2010
 Ph.D., ME, UC-Berkeley, 2009
 M.S., ME, UC-Berkeley, 2005
 B.S., ME, NTU, 2000
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Two Graduate students (2010~present)
Five Undergraduate Students (2010~present)
New lab members wanted!
Unmanned Surface Vehicles
(USV)
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Electric Vessels ( prototypes at 淡水八里,高雄)
Sensor-based situation awareness
Dynamic route planning
Harbor and sea navigation, docking, evasive maneuvers
Dynamic reconfiguration and management of systems & resources
Research partners: 聯合船舶設計發展中心, 中科院
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影片連結
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VII* ADAS: On-Board System
DSRC, WiMax, WiFi...
GPS Antenna
RSE
VII Map Message
User Machine
Interface
SOBU
Wave Radio
Antenna
Cell-Phone
Bluetooth
UDP
Sockets
PC-104
(Optical Gyro)
Computation Platform and Digital Map Database
ISA Computer
(MEMS Gyro,
Accelerometers,
Wheel Speed, etc.)
•VII: Vehicle Infrastructure Integration research program of US DOT
• ADAS: Advanced Driver Assistance System
RS 232
GPS Receiver
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VII ADAS: Exemplar Applications
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Map update/enrichment & dynamic roadway
information through wireless communication
Speed warning – curve, stop sign, intersection,etc.
Lane departure/wrong way warnings
In-vehicle signing
VII ADAS Demo
• The VII ADAS integrates on-board sensors, DGPS, digital maps, and wireless
communication to perform driver safety assistance applications.
• A demo video is available on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vuKvW_5QVM
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影片下載
Automated Bus
• Lateral guidance & control
• Automatic bus precision docking system (gap:1~2 inches)
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Courtesy of Dr. Han-Shue Tan, California PATH, UC-Berkeley.
Mobile-enabled Cloud Service: Roadway
Information System
• Cellphone & CAN Integration
• Wireless access to cloud computing
Vehicle Data Bus
OBD II Data Link
Connector
OBD II Data Reader
Microprocessor
OBD II data link
connector
Cloud
Server
Cellular
Tower
In-vehicle
Device
Digital Cellphone Chip
Set
Antenna
GPS/INS
High-precision
Vehicle Navigation
System
Sensor Fusion for Multi-target Tracking
and Classification
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Sensor candidates:
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Doppler tracking radar
 Laser-scanner
 Video camera
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Applications:
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Law enforcement system at Snow
Mountain Tunnel (雪山隧道)
 Augmented speed enforcement
system (U.S.)
 Intersection collision avoidance
system
 Unmanned surface vehicle targettracking & classification
Research Projects
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2010~
 High-precision vehicle localization in urban canyons
 Sensor fusion for multi-target tracking and classification
(PATH UC-Berkeley, 中興工程顧問公司,訊田,東山科技)
 台大智慧型電動車 (台大, 昇陽國際半導體,楊宏智教授等)
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2011~
cloud service – roadway information
system and cooperative adaptive cruise control (工研院
資通所,交大電機與控制系)
 利用大型不斷系統(UPS)達成區域性智慧型電網之最佳
供電控制 (台大, 昇陽國際半導體)
 前瞻感知技術與跟車演算法研究 (車測中心,台大電機)
 無人電動船 (中科院,船舶設計發展中心)
 Mobile-enabled