I-Corps: Safe and Secure Solutions for Connected Cyber-Physical Systems

这个i-Corps项目更广泛的影响和商业潜力是开发一种创新技术，旨在提高自动驾驶车辆和机器人、自动化系统和智能设备的安全性和安全性。它建立在自主运动规划和控制算法的发展基础上，受人类驾驶员的启发，为高灵活性、不稳定的快速车辆运动执行激进的车辆机动。该平台可以分析这些连接的网络物理系统的组合安全和安全风险表面，提供一个使能工具来确定自主或智能系统的最大操作域和功能限制。技术开发还允许为这些系统和设备提供模拟试验台，以模拟真实世界的场景来测试它们的互联安全性。这个i-Corps项目基于一个平台的开发，该平台在互联的网络物理系统市场上有直接应用。自动驾驶汽车、机器人和智能设备广泛应用于各个行业，对这些系统的安全和安保认证的需求正在迅速增长。这项技术提供了一种创新的工具来分析这些系统的组合安全和安全风险表面，使其有可能为下一代“无事故”车辆或机器人设计受人启发的主动安全特征。这项技术还可以扩展到需要安全和安保风险评估的各种其他领域。该项目有可能丰富STEM在新兴技术方面的教育，如机器人、机器学习和智能设备，并通过推进自主系统的安全和保障来支持国家福利和繁荣。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact and commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of an innovative technology designed to improve the safety and security of autonomous vehicles and robots, automation systems, and smart devices. It is built on the development of autonomous motion planning and control algorithms inspired by human drivers to perform aggressive vehicle maneuvers for high-agility, unstable fast vehicle motions. The platform can analyze combined safety and security risk surfaces for these connected cyber-physical systems, providing an enabling tool to determine the maximum operational domain and functional limits of autonomous or intelligent systems. The technology development also allows for simulation testbeds for these systems and devices to test their interconnection security, mimicking real-world scenarios.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a platform which has direct applications in the connected cyber-physical systems market. Autonomous vehicles, robotics, and smart devices are widely used in various industries, and the demand for safety and security certifications for these systems is increasing rapidly. This technology provides an innovative tool to analyze the combined safety and security risk surfaces for these systems, making it possible to design human-inspired active safety features for next-generation "accident-free" vehicles or robots. The technology can also extend to various other fields that require safety and security risk assessments. This project has the potential to enrich STEM education in emerging technologies such as robotics, machine learning, and smart devices, and to support the national welfare and prosperity by advancing the safety and security of autonomous systems.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.