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2007 GM OnStar ant Design Concept Review

October 2007
Filed under: GM Car News | GM Headlines
GM - OnStar ant
General Motors Advanced Design, California

Design Team:
Studio Director: Frank Saucedo
Strategy: Steve Anderson
Concept/Design: Jussi Timonen, Jose Paris, Loren Kulesus, Tony Liu, Jay Bernard and Phil Tanioka.

Much like the self-regulating traffic system in nature's best commuter, the ant, OnStar enabled vehicle-to-vehicle communication and ubiquitously embedded intelligence allow GM's ANT to act independently yet communicate with other vehicles to optimize traffic flow. Quantum computing power also allows each ANT to virtually recreate a highly personalized space for any occasion or personal need.

Omni-directional propulsion, provided by three independent Nanorb wheel systems, operate as independent robots and can arrange themselves in different configurations, turning virtually anything into a mobile device. Layered, environmentally friendly, single walled, carbon-polymer nanocomposites form the flat surface panels, which incorporate the carbon nanotube battery.

All body panels are connected with electro-active polymer actuators (a.k.a. artificial muscles), thus allowing the easy and silent reconfiguration of body panels depending on their optimal street use.

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