Emergency Vehicle smart monitoring system

About the project

About us

Emergency Vehicles

In various high-risk activities, the reliability of vehicles is crucial for mission success, as they often operate under challenging conditions where mechanical or electronic failures can compromise performance; for instance, failures in essential systems like lubrication, fuel, or batteries can lead to immediate breakdowns, increasing response time and endangering lives.

Our Solution

In our project, we aim to develop a system that collects vehicle data to monitor it through a website providing general vehicle information with a near real-time update rate, enabling early problem identification, preventive maintenance, mission readiness, enhanced safety, and avoidance of costly failures.

Technical Challenges

Monitoring and Transmitting

Ability of monitoring and transmission systems to function correctly, ensuring adequate signal coverage adapted to the remote conditions in which these vehicles often operate.

Hardware

Design and implementation of the necessary hardware, such as the device that retrieves data from the vehicle’s CAN bus and potential sensors.

Web Server

Development of a web server that receives data extracted from the vehicle and is capable of analyzing it and accurately detecting faults.

Refresh Rate

Real-time updating of vehicle status and the corresponding software integrated into this monitoring system.

Team

Guilherme Dias

Guilherme Dias

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Luís Viegas

Luís Viegas

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ricardo Faria

Ricardo Faria

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rodrigo Santos

Rodrigo Santos

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tiago Ferreira

Tiago Ferreira

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tomás  Martins

Tomás Martins

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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14th week

This week we focused on final preparations and on a meeting with the Pombal Volunteer Firefighters. Here’s our progress:

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13th week

This week, we focused on wrapping up key components while advancing development and testing efforts.

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12th week

This week we progressed with prototype development, started the video script and poster design, and refined plans for the July 5th demonstration.

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Contacts

Instituto Superior Técnico, Avenida Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
guilherme.toco.dias@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
luis.viegas@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
ricardo.d.faria@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
rodrigo.m.santos@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
tiago.santos.ferreira@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
tomas.g.martins@tecnico.ulisboa.pt