Goodyear tyres of the future will be intelligent as well, thanks to a collaboration with Gatik. The tiremaker announced its collaboration with the B2B logistics company to develop SightLine, a proof-of-concept technology that “can accurately estimate tire-road friction potential and provide real-time information to Gatik’s automated driving system (ADS),” according to a company release Wednesday.
The grip-sensing technology was recently successfully trialled by the two businesses in Toronto. Data from tyre sensors is combined with information from other vehicle systems, such as tyre wear state, load, inflation pressure, and temperature, and fed into “Goodyear’s cloud-based proprietary algorithms,” which jiggle and cajole the information into friction estimates that help onboard systems detect “low grip” conditions. These estimations will then be communicated with the rest of the Gatik autonomous vehicle fleet in the area. It remains to be seen if this technology, either the sensor system or the sustainable tyres, advances.
