Research and development of electric vehicles for clean transportation.
This article presents the research and development of an electric vehicle (EV) in Department of Human-Robotics Saitama Institute of Technology, Japan. Electric mobile systems developed in our laboratory include a converted electric automobile, electric wheelchair and personal mobile robot. These mobile systems contribute to realize clean transportation since energy sources and devices from all vehicles, i.e., batteries and electric motors, does not deteriorate the environment. To drive motors for vehicle traveling, robotic technologies were applied.
Wada
Masayoshi
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Department of Human-Robotics, Faculty of Development, Saitama Institute of Technology, Saitama, Japan. mwada@sit.ac.jp
D001334:Automobile Driving; D001336:Automobiles; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D004867:Equipment Design; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014186:Transportation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014910:Wheelchairs