Ford and Russian researchers are working on "smart" communications intercomputer
Ford Motor Company has withdrawn its research projects beyond the Earth, and plans to begin experiments in space. To do this, the American Ford Motors teams up with Russian scientists from the Polytechnic University in St. Petersburg, and plans to study communication processes between robots on the International Space Station and Earth. In the future, based on the knowledge gained will create a new generation of so-called "connected car." The company said that they intend to investigate the so-called Mesh-networks in which different communication systems operate by different protocols, but within a single communications medium. Such decisions should be made more convenient communication type "machine to machine" and / or "machine-to-infrastructure.
" Already there are some ideas in this area, but in general the trend is still in its infancy. three-year cooperation program involves sending several models of communication robots in space and the study of how robots can interact both with each other and with the Earth. There will be tested elements of communication with cloud environments, with different elements of the infrastructure, such as "smart" buildings and traffic management systems, as well as others. In the end, a Ford said they hope such projects through a "really smart" generation of cars that will help reduce accidents and congestion on the roads. "For example, a call to emergency services one car can pass through several other, if there is no possible to transmit a signal directly, or you can use the inter-machine communication to retrieve data if the bulk of the cloud has failed, "- said in a Ford. "One of the main areas of research is the search for alternatives to the machine.
If one or more core systems do not work, then the machine should try to use other channels of communication." After testing on robots, Ford engineers hope to develop algorithms that will be incorporated into the connected car. in the near time participants will work robot Justin, Eurobot and Robonaut R2, which are already on the ISS.
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