Russia has developed neuromobile

13 July 2018

To operate the machine will be the power of thought

At the exhibition "Innoprom-2018", held in Yekaterinburg, there were lots of interesting cars. For example, the prototype hybrid truck "UAZ-PRO" out and economical, and dynamic. No less impressive capabilities are the so-called neuromobile: you can control it with my mind.

The basis of automotive ergonomics has not changed since the first half of the twentieth century. Every other car has a steering wheel, pedals and gear selector (for machines with "automatic" it can be done not only in the form of a lever, but also rotating washers or buttons, but essentially it does not change). Occasionally appear timid experiments in which engineers are trying to hang the vehicle on a variety of joysticks and other foreign elements. And the Russian inventors decided to completely abandon intermediaries in the form of the controls and tried to send a signal to the car computer directly from the brain of the driver.

The development of neuromobile was developed by specialists of Nizhny Novgorod state University of Lobachevsky (UNN) with the support of the St. Petersburg Central research Institute of robotics and technical Cybernetics. In nechistoty the resulting machine will beat any of the Japanese kei-car, but it's not in the shell, and filling.

As told the head of the laboratory development of intelligent technologies biomechatronic NNGU im. N. And. Lobachevsky Vasily Mironov, the system of car control consists of a complex set of sensors. They will help the machine to understand the intentions of the person. With the help of sensors the car will be to study the surroundings and warn the driver about the danger.

Among the advantages of your development Vasily Mironov said the lower cost in comparison with foreign neuromobile reduced by 30-55 % power consumption and the high specific torque.

Domestic neuromobile designed especially for disabled and elderly people. Despite the utmost compactness (body length does not exceed three meters), the cabin provides space for a wheelchair to roll which will be easy thanks to pneumococci with the lowering function of the body. Also, there is provided a retractable ramp.

It is expected that the production version of the car will cost about 550-900 thousand rubles. The final price will depend on many factors, including the capacity of the traction batteries. It is assumed that on a single charge neuromobile can travel from 200 to 600 kilometers. To launch production of the innovative model is planned for 2021.