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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 21, 2016
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Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
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Summary Sentence:
Researchers work to avoid potholes and pitfalls on the road to autonomous vehicles.
Full Summary:
Researchers work to avoid potholes and pitfalls on the road to autonomous vehicles.
The presence of millions of high-capacity car batteries could have major implications for the U.S. electric grid. ISyE professor Valerie Thomas, who researches renewable energy, is studying the interplay between electric vehicles and the grid.Two ISyE professors, Valerie Thomas (Anderson Interface Professor of Natural Systems) and Sebastian Pokutta (David M. McKenney Family Assistant Professor) are featured in the Research Horizon's article "Rolling Robots," about the work being done by Georgia Tech researchers on autonomous cars, which one day may shape the future of transportation.
Read the full story here: http://www.rh.gatech.edu/features/rolling-robots
