JPods is a

personal rapid transit Personal rapid transit (PRT), also referred to as podcars or guided/railed taxis, is a public transport mode featuring small low-capacity automated vehicles operating on a network of specially built guideways. PRT is a type of automated guideway ...

concept which uses distributed collaborative computer networks to route transit in a manner similar to the data trafficking of the Internet. Developed by JPods LLC, the vehicles consist of ultra-light pods controlled by on-board computers.

Transport Characteristics

In the demonstration JPod, people get in, select a destination on a touch screen and the vehicle navigates to that address. In production models people and/or cargo will set destination and travel non-stop from origin to destination.

System details

* vehicles weigh approximately with a gross carrying capacity of * vehicles travel suspended below an overhead guideway that encases the bogies * bogies are the mechanisms that propel vehicles and from which the vehicle chassis is suspended. Bogies are composed of generally of motors, controllers, wheels, gearboxes, sensors, and switches. * switch control is managed by the vehicle and/or by the network * solar powered * travel between The computer network is managed in three tiers: * devices such as pods, switches, structures * negotiators collaborate with devices and load managers to set routes * load managers log time-based demand to create a terrain map that allows appropriate routes to be identified and scheduled

References

External links

JPods.com
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