Next Generation Optionally Manned

A new generation of extremely capable optionally manned all-terrain platform will soon be available. A Knowledge Transfer Project brought SC Innovation-Global and the University of Exeter together to explore every aspect of the ATMP design, retaining and enhancing its key features with state of the art intelligent control. The vehicle is currently in a comprehensive test phase.

Off road transportation involves operation in a dynamic environment where a multitude of elements have to be taken in to account. The ATMP represented the pinnacle of performance in terms of payload and mobility since its inception in the 1980s. This was achieved through incisive understanding of the users’ operating environment and applying best practice defence automotive mechanical and electrical engineering. Now computational theory, software and sensor technology brought about by advances in automotive racing, autonomy and robotics have significantly re-defined what is in the art of the possible for a vehicle of this nature. This ‘intelligent system’ uses contemporary control theory, complex real time data computation, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks to enable the vehicle to be ‘optionally manned’ in a range of hazardous and difficult environments.

A combination of robust vehicle motion modelling, real time mapping and localisation form the vehicle’s interaction with the environment. The awareness of where and how the vehicle is operating will gradually take the operator out of the loop as safety and use cases evolve and allow users greater latitude for multi-tasking. Key enhancements include the use of sensor fusion with the Inertial Navigation Systems, which will allow greater operational freedom in a GPS-poor environment and localisation, involving dynamic vehicle models, with efficient on-board processing of outputs from stereo-cam and LiDAR forming the 3D environment map. Object detection and categorisation is also provided to designate rules of interaction with the environment, personnel and other systems, which holds the potential for ATMP and other vehicles fitted with the scalable technology to be a part of Intelligent Battlefield Systems.

For more information the Optionally Manned technology, contact the SC Innovation team.

Electric ATMP Virtual Demonstration to take place

In the last twelve -months the absence of exhibitions and events, continues to be felt globally and has significantly impacted many SME’s and OEM’s. We are therefore reaching out to governments, national armed forces, industry thought leaders, the commerical and utilities sectors to deliver a series of live shows featuring our world renowned platforms.

Today’s virtual demonstration showcases a breakthrough electric and optionally manned vehicle specifically developed for rugged off-highway transportation.  The technology has been developed under a Knowledge Transfer Partnership between the UK’s high mobility vehicle specialist, SC Innovation and The University of Exeter.

Developed by the company’s specialist and emergency services vehicles team, SC Innovation, the eATMP is the technology demonstrator for an electric drive-train that has tested and validated to operate successfully over harsh terrains beyond the scope of commercial SUVs. Crucially, the drive train can be applied to new vehicles or retrofitted to existing fleets, and the architecture readily tailored to the task, range, payload and operating environment that each vehicle will be used for.

Our aim is that the demonstration and briefing will help inform our viewers about how this class of vehicle can be transformed to electric as part of the solution for net-zero emissions and clean air for off road/off highway applications in a variety of applications, including as a key enabler for remote or autonomous operation.

14:00 – The Next Generation Electric All-Terrain Mobile Platform (eATMP)

We welcome you to a demonstration of a breakthrough electric vehicle developed for rugged off-highway transportation. Also, check out our optionally manned option.

eATMP Live Demonstration

There will be an opportunity for you to ask questions, and will do our upmost to answer as many questions as possible at the end of the vehicle demonstration. Questions we do not answer will receive a response within 48 hours.

The team will be adhering to all COVID regulations during the live broadcast. All pre-filming complied with strict regulations.

Sign-up to to this event by clicking the eATMP LIve Demonstration link.

We look forward to welcoming you to our first live event.
Stay safe!

eATMP KTP Partnership Engineer Collaborate to Innovate Shortlist

We have worked closely with the University of Exeter (UoE) for a number of years, initially providing their engineering students with project topics in order to provide a meaningful link with the engineering industry during their studies, whilst also providing an additional means of advancing our knowledge of emerging technologies through the students’ research undertaken as part of their studies.

The Knowledge Transfer Partnership awarded to Supacat by the University of Exeter has served to meet a core strategic need; by upcycling a 1980’s vehicle of choice the All-Terrain Mobility Platform to meet the environmental demands within the 21st Century.

The collaboration with the University of Exeter through the Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme has revolutionised this former military vehicle and is set to open up new markets for the new Electric All Terrain Mobile Platform (eATMP).

A benefit of the development of this new vehicle and the underlying technology is its ability to be transferred to other platforms. Within the automotive industry there has been considerable focus on developing hybrid propulsion systems for on-road vehicles, however development of similar technology for off-road applications is lagging behind quite considerably. SC Innovation offers a range of highly capable off-road vehicles both for defence and non-defence applications and there are plans in place, and one contracted development project, which aims to employ a good deal of the knowledge gained from this project to achieve similar benefits on alternative vehicles.

A further positive impact of this project is the ability to accelerate the adoption of electrically propelled vehicle technology. Only by demonstrating the numerous advantages of such technology in a physical form will potential users be able to judge the benefits for themselves, and this vehicle now enables that to happen.

The winners of the category will be announced early February 2021.

 

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