Dan Negrut, NVIDIA CUDA Fellow, Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Simulation-Based Engineering Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Our lab has worked on several projects aimed at improving the mobility of autonomous rovers operating in lunar conditions. The design of such rovers increasingly relies on computer simulation. The talk will cover two main topics: it presents an overview of terramechanics models in robotics, and it briefly describes the sensing used in lunar mobility simulations.
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March 20, 2024 | Mohit Nitin Shenvi, Ph.D., Compacted Snow Testing Methodology and Instrumentation
Mohit Nitin Shenvi, Ph.D., Terramechanics, Multibody, and Vehicle Systems Laboratory, Virginia Tech: This talk focuses on the literature of snow characterization and on an analysis performed to identify the extent to which testing conditions affect the traction coefficient of tires using the ASTM 14-inch Standard Reference Test Tire (SRTT) on snow. Another area of focus will be the performance evaluation of an custom in-house device against the Clegg impact hammer and CTI penetrometer when employed in the field for measurements on a compacted snow test track at the Smithers Winter Test Center.
Read MorePaweł Tomiło | Hybrid-locomotion lunar rover | March 7, 2024
Paweł Tomiło, Ph.D., Lublin University of Technology. The session will introduce the hybrid-locomotion rover concept. The design of a hybrid robot combines the characteristics of wheeled and legged robots. The rover is equipped with a crawling mechanism that will allow it to climb steep slopes areas where a wheeled vehicle could slip due to loose ground. The concept of the rover will be discussed, the current state of research, and future work on the development of the rover will be presented.
Read MoreFISITA World Mobility Summit 2024 location announced: Warren, Michigan, USA
We are excited to announce that the FISITA World Mobility Summit 2024 will be taking place on 13-14 November at the General Motors Technical Centre, Warren, Michigan, USA. The event is a unique annual gathering of technology leaders from many of the world’s leading automotive and mobility brands working with the FISITA community. The exclusive nature and atmosphere make it one of the most important events in the international mobility systems leadership calendar. There will be plenty of opportunities to network and engage with your FISITA peers.
Read MoreBest Papers of 11th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the ISTVS, February 1, 2024
RECORDING | TERRABITE — The 11th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the ISTVS was held online in September 2022, hosted by the Harbin Institute of Technology, PR China, and included presenters from around the world. The Conference Committee identified papers whose authors were encouraged to submit manuscripts for a Special Issue of the Society’s Journal of Terramechanics. The Special Issue that resulted represents a selection of the best papers of the conference: Best Papers of 11th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the ISTVS. ISTVS has been hosting online events for ongoing and recent research on terramechanics and terrain-vehicle systems under our Digital Event Series since 2021. Recordings from the series are posted to our YouTube channel. Please join us in two upcoming sessions dedicated to the best papers from this Special Issue. This first session is on February 1.
Read MoreISTVS 2024 dates announced
We are pleased to announce the location and dates for the 2024 conference, the 20th International and 12th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the ISTVS. Mark your calendars to join your terramechanics colleagues in Yokohama, Japan, October 28-31, 2024.
Read MoreISTVS 2023 Lublin abstracts published to the conference website
We’re pleased to announce that abstracts for all the full papers and abstract-only submissions to ISTVS 2023 in Lublin this October have been published to the conference website at 2023.istvs.org.
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Our colleagues at FISITA are publishing regular updates on the road to the September conference where ISTVS will be exhibiting. Here’s a link to the latest update: mailchi.mp/fisita/tmce08august23-341205
Read MoreCall for Papers | Journal of Terramechanics Special Issue
Soil Modeling and Simulation for Terramechanics Applications of Manned and Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles. This Journal of Terramechanics Special Issue encourages manuscripts for: robust real-time physics-based soil models and simulation methods; real-time locomotion-soil interaction and 3D-force formation in the locomotion-soil contact; application of real-time physics-based soil models to vehicle mobility and energy efficiency modeling, simulation, and assessment on-the-go; calibration and validation of physics-based soil models, including but not limited to artificial intelligence-based validation of soil data; innovative in-situ soil exteroceptive and proprioceptive sensors, sensor models, and measurement methods for real-time applications on vehicle hardware and in real-time mobility simulations and prediction of vehicle dynamic behavior on off-road terrains.
Read MoreExciting event reminders for this fall
“Meet with the right people, for the right reason, at the right time.”
After these several years of online conferences for ISTVS, we’re excited that we have two opportunities to get together with our terramechanics colleagues this year: Lublin in October and Barcelona in September!
ISTVS 2023 // October 11-13, 2023 | Lublin, Poland
The Lublin conference committee has been hard at work pulling together this return to our long tradition of in-person events. The most recent update is the details of the technical tour at the Military Institute of Armored and Automotive Technology (MIAAT). Early bird registration rates available for one more week!
FISITA // September 12-15, 2023 | Barcelona, Spain
ISTVS will be exhibiting at the September FISITA conference in Barcelona. Plan to visit our booth where Lutz Richter and Alex Keen will be leading our presence. Alex Keen will also be presenting in the Climate Change Sessions series. ISTVS members receive a 20% registration discount with code TMCEsmE23.
Use this link to register for the FISITA conference with the ISTVS member discount:
https://intranet.pacifico-meetings.com/GescoWeb/?cfg=4280
Learn about the full event at their conference site: http://www.fisita.com/tmce
Dr. Herman Hamersma | Off-road advanced driver assist systems | July 25, 2023
Dr. Ole Balling | NG-NRMM | July 5, 2023
Vladimir V. Vantsevich and David J. Gorsich | Autonomous Terrain-Mobility Performance Optimization| May 23, 2023
Offer for ISTVS members | FISITA Technology of Mobility Conference and Exhibition 2023
The four day FISITA World Congress will run concurrently with the one day FISITA World Mobility Summit the three-day EuroBrake and the one-day inaugural FISITA Intelligent Safety Conference Europe, with all taking place in the Barcelona International Convention Centre from 12-15 September 2023. As a member of ISTVS you are entitled to a discount of 20% on all delegate tickets for the event simply enter code TMCEsmE23 when paying for your ticket.
Read MoreGuest editors of Special Issue of the Journal of Terramechanics | March 28, 2023
RECORDING | TERRABITE — The editors of the upcoming Journal of Terramechanics Special Issue on Soil Modeling and Simulation for Terramechanics Applications of Manned and Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles will discuss the topics of this special issue, invite authors to submit to the special issue, and open for questions for further discussion with the attendees. The proposed open-for-paper submission date will be June 2023.
Read MoreChris Mason, CEO, FISITA | March 21st, 2023
RECORDING | TERRABITE — Chris Mason, CEO, will join us to detail the rich history of FISITA, its modernization program, and how it is fit for purpose as a membership organization of the future. ISTVS is an affiliate of FISITA and we are pleased to host Chris for this talk about modern membership organizations in technical and engineering domains. We also talk about the FISITA World Congress in Barcelona in September, the ISTVS presence at the congress, and how ISTVS members can get involved.
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