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Design of an autonomous aerodynamic airshield for training Olympic 100m sprint athletes
Olympic athletes are pushing the boundaries of human performance in sport disciplines. In order to achieve this outstanding performance, the type of training and the tools used play a crucial role in the final performance. In the 100m sprint discipline, top-runners train using a device called “aerodynamic shield”, namely, a trolley pulled by a car to allow athletes to run in the slipstream while drastically reducing their own aerodynamic drag, see Fig 1. The car pulling the aerodynamic shield is driven by a human that has to simultaneously stay within the running track boundaries, match the athlete speed, and not hit the athlete. Thanks to the advancement in sensing and control, the task of driving the car can be either aided by a control algorithm or fully automated.
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The objective of this project is to design an autonomous aerodynamic airshield. The vehicle used to pull the aerodynamic shield will be an autonomous electric go-kart available at Prof. Frazzoli’s lab. The project will entail the sensor selection for estimating the runner position and velocity (lidar, cameras, optical sensors), the design of an estimation algorithm for estimating the runner position and velocity, and the design of the controller that will regulate the go-kart speed.
The project will be co-supervised by Prof. Zeilinger and Prof. Frazzoli’s lab and developed together with the coaches of the Swiss Olympic athlete Mujinga Kambundji, Fig 2.
The objective of this project is to design an autonomous aerodynamic airshield. The vehicle used to pull the aerodynamic shield will be an autonomous electric go-kart available at Prof. Frazzoli’s lab. The project will entail the sensor selection for estimating the runner position and velocity (lidar, cameras, optical sensors), the design of an estimation algorithm for estimating the runner position and velocity, and the design of the controller that will regulate the go-kart speed. The project will be co-supervised by Prof. Zeilinger and Prof. Frazzoli’s lab and developed together with the coaches of the Swiss Olympic athlete Mujinga Kambundji, Fig 2.