ByWire - Rapid Drive-By-Wire Conversion for Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Drive-by-wire technology converts the mechanical controls of a vehicle's system to be electronically controlled, allowing the vehicle to be remotely guided via remote control or teleoperation.

TORC's ByWire™ is plug-and-play, rapidly enabling drive-by-wire conversion for virtually any platform. The ByWire features a flexible vehicle interface to adapt to a wide variety of vehicles, closed-loop steering and speed control to ensure precision vehicle steering and speed control, auxiliary controls, real-time vehicle monitoring of key system information, and is fully JAUS interoperable to ensure plug-and-play integration with other JAUS interoperable system components.

• Flexible Vehicle Interface: Relays, serial, CAN, analog/digital I/O, and 4 expansion slots for custom electronics adapts to a wide variety of vehicle interfaces
  
  
  
• Closed-loop Steering and Speed Control: A feed forward closed-loop controller ensures precision vehicle steering and speed control
  
  
  
• Auxiliary Controls: In addition to steering and speed control, auxiliary controls such as engine start, stop, turn signals and headlights can be controlled
  
  
  
• Real-Time Vehicle Monitoring: Vehicle system information such as battery voltages, CAN error messages, and oil and fuel warning are continuously monitored
  
  
  
• JAUS Interoperable: The ByWire™ is JAUS interoperable which enables plug-and-play integration with other JAUS interoperable device

Overview

The ByWire™ rapidly converts ground and surface vehicle platforms to electronic drive-by-wire and teleoperated control. The ByWire™ interfaces to your vehicle through relays, serial, Ethernet, CAN, and analog and digital I/O. Integrated closed-loop speed and steering control ensures precision vehicle control. A web-based interface allows the user to easily input the vehicle's physical parameters and hardware interface. The ByWire™ is JAUS-interoperable and seamlessly integrates with other JAUS-interoperable components.

Key Features Include:

• Flexible Vehicle Interfaces: The ByWire™ BW-100 integrates with your vehicle through relays, serial, Ethernet, CAN, and analog and digital I/O. Components such as motors and emergency stop system integrate seamlessly allowing you to customize your solution.
  
  
• Closed-loop Steering/Speed Control: A feed forward closed-loop controller ensures precision vehicle steering and speed control.
  
  
• Auxiliary Controls: In addition to steering and speed control, auxiliary control such as engine start and stop, turn signals, and headlights can be controlled.
  
  
• Vehicle Monitoring: Vehicle systems such as battery voltages, CAN error messages, and oil and fuel warnings are continuously monitored.
  
  
• JAUS Interoperable: The ByWire™ BW-100 is JAUS (Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems) interoperable which enables plug-and-plug integration with other JAUS interoperable devices.
  
  
• Web-based Interface: An easy-to-use web interface allows the user to input vehicle parameters and configure the ByWire™ BW-100 for specific vehicle requirements for rapid deployment. Ensure that your unmanned vehicle is safe by installing a TORC SafeStop™.

Get your ground or surface vehicle platform moving today with the ByWire™