Container Truck Load-shifting Detection and Visualization

Toyota Motor North America Research and Development Engineering, 2019-20

Liaison(s): Justin Ward, Tak Yokoo, Daniel Folick
Advisor(s): Okitsugu Furuya
Students(s): Makoto Nara (TL-S), Reese Peterson (TL-F), Greg Murphy, Martha Gao (S), Laura Gordon (S), Erika MacDonald (F)

Toyota has created hydrogen fuel cell-powered zero-emission Class 8 trucks (Project Portal) to run drayage routes in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. In order to elevate the safety and performance of all trucks transporting containers, the 2019–2020 Toyota Clinic team has designed a sensor network to detect load changes in the container during transport. The team plans to create a scale prototype to validate the algorithms and sensing methods behind this technology.