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Miner-Town: Self-Driving Robotics Testbed For Vehicle-To-Grid Simulation, Carlos Adolfo Cortes Pliego

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Autonomous vehicles and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology bring promising implications in boosting energy efficiency, helping the environment, improving our productivity, and have the potential to stabilize the grid during peak times and reduce car accidents. However, implementing and testing these complex novel technologies in the real world comes with high risks and investment. For these reasons, there is the need to research, test, and validate these theories in a compact and controlled environment at minimal cost. This thesis presents a modular autonomous vehicle testbed for the exploration of Vehicle-to-Grid and charging activities in pedestrian filled environments such as a University campus. …