Intelligent parking drone wins Siemens’ first Mobility IDEA Contest

Posted on 16 Jan 2015 by Tim Brown

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth student Amir Ehsani Zonouz, has won the first Mobility IDEA (Improving Design and Engineering for All) Contest, with his proposed used of drones to assist with busy city parking.

The Mobility IDEA competition, sponsored by Siemens, is an initiative to find innovative ideas to help solve five of the toughest challenges facing the traffic industry. Zonouz proposed using quadcopters, a type of small-scale drone, that find free parking spots, determine the shortest path to that spot, and help guide drivers to the designated space…

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