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Maplesoft project for Toyota leverages symbolic computation
February 6, 2013 8:30 am | News | Comments
Maplesoft this week announced that its ongoing partnership with Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. has been expanded to include the use of new symbolic computation methods in control systems engineering. The new research will allow developers to consider system nonlinearities, modeling inaccuracies, and parametric uncertainties in the design process, helping Toyota shorten development time while maintaining high quality results.
Maplesoft project for Toyota leverages symbolic computation
February 6, 2013 8:30 am | News | Comments
Maplesoft this week announced that its ongoing partnership with Toyota Motor Engineering &...
An Early Start on Innovation
December 15, 2011 4:28 am | by Lindsay Hock | Articles | CommentsCorporations inspire the next generation of researchers to embrace science and innovation.
Toyota shows machines to help sick, elderly move
November 1, 2011 11:13 am | by Yuri Kageyama, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsOn Tuesday, the auto giant Toyota showcased experimental robots that can help disabled patients work, or even get up out of bed. The company intends to commercialize its walk-assist products sometime after 2013.
Ford and Toyota to collaborate on new hybrid system
August 22, 2011 12:11 pm | News | CommentsTwo of the world’s top automakers have teamed up as equal partners to develop a hybrid drive system for rear-wheel-drive light trucks and SUVs.They will independently integrate the new hybrid system in their future vehicles separately.
Toyota adopts DuPont polymer for new hybrid Prius vehicle
July 7, 2011 8:06 am | News | CommentsToyota's new hybrid vehicle, Prius ? (Prius alpha), features automotive interior parts made of DuPont Sorona EP polymer, a high-performance, renewably sourced thermoplastic resin, that contributes to the advanced interior design while also reducing the environmental footprint.
Toyota developing alternative electric motor
January 16, 2011 9:40 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe maker of the popular Prius hybrid car is developing a new type of electric motor to cut its dependence on rare earth metals and lower costs. The world’s No. 1 automaker hopes the new technology will free it from reliance on China, which produces 97% of the global output of rare earths.
The invisible stop and start
August 11, 2010 5:16 am | Award WinnersHybrid vehicles have the ability to stop an engine at idle and restart again automatically to contribute considerably to overall fuel economy. Toyota Motor Corp., with development assistance from a number of companies, has engineered the Permanently Engaged Gear Starting Mechanism for Stop & Start system to help streamline the integration of this capability into future vehicles.
Crawling with control
October 6, 2008 12:50 pm | Award WinnersBrake control systems are in common use to help drivers control steep descents, start uphill, and stay on the road when traction degrades. The Crawl Control vehicle brake system, introduced by Toyota Motor Corp. and ADVICS Co., LTD., is the only one to unite existing control measures in a comprehensive system for off-road driving conditions.
Radar blips save necks
August 31, 2007 8:00 pm | Award WinnersConsiderable effort is spent in designing automobiles to protect occupants in a crash. But injury statistics remain high, with annual injuries from car accidents numbering in the millions. As much as half of these are rear-end collisions, which are highly survivable but usually cause significant injuries, commonly whiplash. A new preventive technology from Toyota Motor Corp. (Aichi, Japan), the Rear Pre-Crash Safety System (applied for Lexus LS460), takes advantage of existing radar technology and applies it in an innovative way to prevent neck injuries in the event of end-to-end impact.
United functions equal safer driving
August 31, 2006 8:00 pm | Award WinnersAs global automobile sales increase, so do the demands for safer vehicles. This social mandate has driven researchers at Toyota Motor Corp. (Shizuoka, Japan) to create the world’s first commercial production of a mechanically active steering system that can simultaneously control both the steering angle and steering torque similar to a steer-by-wire system.
Improving auto collision safety
August 31, 2005 8:00 pm | Award WinnersDeveloped by Toyota Motor Corporation, The Fusion Sensor for Pre-crash Safety system combines a single-eye image sensor with millimeter wave radar to detect obstacles.
Say goodbye to parallel parking
August 31, 2004 8:00 pm | Award WinnersEngineers from Toyota Motor Corp. and Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. have developed the Intelligent Parking Assist (IPA) system. Using electric power steering, this technology steers cars for drivers performing difficult parking maneuvers in tight and restrictive spaces, such as parallel or garage parking, and may be of particular use for the beginner driver or physically challenged.
Smart steering
August 31, 2003 8:00 pm | Award WinnersDevelopers at Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota, Japan and Toyoda Machine Works, Ltd., Okazaki, Japan, have created the Variable Gear Ratio Steering (VGRS) System to enhance the steering system of the vehicle. In the system’s design, a steering angle sensor is coupled, with the aid of a computer, to an actuator nestled in the steering column of the automobile.
Test method for Pb-free solder
August 31, 2003 8:00 pm | Award WinnersToyota Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., Aichi-gun, Japan, has developed a new system of physically evaluating the wettability by conducting optical and in situ measurements of the contact angle and surface tension of molten solder wetted substrate. The Contact Angle and Surface Tension Measuring System can evaluate various solder alloys, fluxes, substrates, and surface finishes on substrates.
Hybrid engine helps environment
August 31, 2002 8:00 pm | Award WinnersToyota Motor Corp., Toyota, Japan, has come out with an improved hybrid engine. The THS-M (Toyota Hybrid System-M) increases fuel efficiency and improves passenger comfort.
