Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) was founded in 2000 as a spinoff from

Utah State University Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah's ...

and is headquartered in

Petersboro, Utah Peter (or Petersboro) is a census-designated place (CDP) on the west-central edge of Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 324 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho (partial) Metropolitan Statistical Area. ...

. ASI provides an OEM/vendor independent automation technology to create fully autonomous vehicles by retrofitting existing equipment. ASI enables ground vehicle automation, centered around their Mobius fleet management software and custom hardware kits. ASI currently operates in 8 markets: Mining, Proving Ground Automation, Agriculture, Logistics, Construction, Security, Research and Military.

History

* Autonomous Solutions was founded in 2000 when it was spun off from the Center for Self-Organizing and Intelligent Systems (CSOIS) division of Utah State University in Logan, Utah, to develop precision agriculture technologies for John Deere. * The company first moved to Wellsville, Utah, and then in 2007 relocated to Petersboro, Utah. The Petersboro headquarters is a 100-acre proving ground facility where hardware engineering, software engineering, and much of the robotics testing takes place. * In 2006, Autonomous Solutions entered the mining industry offering a vendor-independent solution to mining end users. Mining is currently one of ASI's four premier markets. * ASI has participated in the

DARPA Grand Challenge (2007) The third driverless car competition of the DARPA Grand Challenge was commonly known as the DARPA Urban Challenge. It took place on November 3, 2007 at the site of the now-closed George Air Force Base (currently used as Southern California Logist ...

. * In 2011, ASI-led team wins the Robotic Range Clearance Competition (R2C2). sponsored by the US-Department of Defense. * In 2011, ASI entered the automotive market with specific offerings for automotive proving grounds for autonomous durability and endurance testing. * June 2013, Ford Motor Company announced that it had been working with ASI as their preferred automation supplier for their robotic durability testing program. The program runs durability tests 24/7 with the use of ASI vehicle automation technology and was specifically launched to remove human durability drivers from Ford's most physically punishing durability tracks. * On December 15, 2014, ASI announced a multi-year partnership with mining major Anglo American that was already underway to develop an autonomous haulage program.

Notable Installations

Bingham Canyon Mine

In April 2013, a massive landslide rocked the

Bingham Canyon Mine The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is the largest ...

(Kennecott Utah Copper/

Rio Tinto Group Rio Tinto Group is an Anglo-Australian Multinational corporation, multinational company that is the world's second-largest metals and mining corporation (behind BHP). The company was founded in 1873 when of a group of investors purchased a mine ...

). Between 135-165 million tons shifted, collapsing one side of the world's largest open pit mine. Autonomous Solutions was contacted to assist in the cleanup efforts by providing remote control automation for 6 excavators (four CAT 375D and two CAT 390D). The excavators were used to safely move millions of tons of material from the most unstable areas at the top of the slide area.

Ford Robotic Durability Testing Program

On June 14, 2013, Ford Motor Company issued a press release detailing their robotic durability testing program. This program allows vehicles to be tested on the most punishing test tracks without the risk previously experienced with human drivers. Using ASI's vehicle automation products testing can run 24/7 without compromising quality of the testing.

LAPD BatCat

The Los Angeles Police Department contracted Autonomous Solutions to provide the automation piece for a teleoperated CAT telehandler. The telehandler, named BatCat, has seen action in several high profile situations involving bomb threats and active shooters.

References

External links

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