Imboni yezimoto ibe nentuthuko enkulu emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule, ebonakala ngentuthuko ebalulekile yezobuchwepheshe echaze kabusha ezokuthutha. Ukuqaliswa kokusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe bedijithali nezinhlelo ezihlakaniphile kube semqoka kulokhu, okwenza izimoto zingabi nje izindlela zokuthutha kodwa zibe imishini eyinkimbinkimbi ekwazi ukuxhumana nendawo ezizungezile futhi ithuthukise ulwazi lokushayela jikelele.
Ukuqamba okusha okuqhubekayo kusesenhliziyweni yemboni yezimoto. Onjiniyela nabasunguli badlala indima ebalulekile ekwandiseni amathuba alokho izimoto ezingakuzuza. Esinye salezo zibalo uChirag Shah, umsebenzi wakhe kuma-speedometers edijithali, ukumiswa kwamasondo amasondo, kanye nezinhlelo zokuphatha amabhethri kume njengobufakazi bamandla okuqamba izinto ezintsha ekuguquleni umkhakha wezimoto. Ukuzinikela kukaChirag ekusebenziseni ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe ukuze kuxazululwe izinselele eziyinkimbinkimbi kugcizelela ukubaluleka kokusungula izinto ezintsha ekugcineni umfutho wemboni kanye nokwenza intuthuko yesikhathi esizayo ikwazi.
I-genesis yamalungelo obunikazi njenge-Digital Speedometer kanye ne-Digital Wheel Rim Configuration ilele ekushisekeleni okujulile kuka-Chirag ngobuchwepheshe bezimoto. Uhambo lwakhe lokwakha i-speedometer yedijithali enembe kakhudlwana lwaluqhutshwa ukuqonda ingqondo yomuntu kanye nokubaluleka kokuqapha isivinini okunembile ukuze kuphephe. "Ngabona ukuthi i-analog yendabuko kanye namanye ama-speedometer edijithali ngokuvamile abonisa isivinini esingaphezu kwejubane langempela," kuchaza u-Chirag, "ethonya abashayeli ukuthi balawule futhi bahlale ngaphakathi kwemingcele ephephile."
Ubungcweti bakhe ekuthuthukisweni kwesoftware eshumekiwe nasekufanisweni kwesistimu babubalulekile ekuzuzeni i-speedometer ehlanganisa ngaphandle komthungo nezinhlelo zezimoto zesimanje, ezihlinzeka ngokusebenza okuthembekile kuzo zonke izimo zokushayela ezihlukahlukene.
Ngomongo wokucushwa kwe-Digital Wheel Rim, u-Chirag ucabange ukuhlanganisa ubuhle nobuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe ukuze kuphakanyiswe ukusebenza kwemoto. Igqugquzelwe amandla okusebenzisa izinto ezisezingeni eliphezulu nemiklamo eshelelekile ukuze kwehliswe isisindo futhi kuthuthukiswe i-aerodynamics, i-Chirag ihlose ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kukaphethiloli. Ukwengeza, ngokuhlanganisa izibonisi zedijithali kumarimu ukuze kuqashwe ukucindezela kwesondo, izinga lokushisa, namamethrikhi okusebenza, u-Chirag wafuna ukunikeza abashayeli ukulawula okungcono nokukhetha ukwenza ngokwezifiso. Umsebenzi wakhe ubonisa ukuzibophezela ekuqhubekiseni phambili imingcele yobunjiniyela bezimoto, ukuhlanganisa ukuqamba okusha nokusebenza okusebenzayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe kakhulu ukuphepha kwemoto, ukusebenza, kanye nolwazi lomsebenzisi.
Isisusa sikaChirag sokubhala "Ukuphepha Kwezimoto Ngokusebenzisa Ubuhlakani Okwenziwayo" kanye "Nekusasa Lezokuthutha: Izinto Ezintsha Embonini Yezimoto Esebenzisa i-AI/ML" sigxile kakhulu ekuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe okubanzi nokuzinikela ekuthuthukiseni imboni yezimoto. Njengoba inesizinda esiqinile ekuthuthukisweni kwesoftware eshumekiwe, ukuhlanganiswa kokulawula, kanye nokulingiswa kwesistimu, u-Chirag uzibonele mathupha amandla okuguqula e-AI ekuthuthukiseni ukuphepha nokusebenza kahle kwemoto. Wagqugquzelwa ukuthi ahlole futhi abhale phansi izindlela eziguquguqukayo i-AI engathuthukisa ngayo ukucutshungulwa kwedatha ngesikhathi sangempela kusuka kuzinzwa zezimoto, ithuthukise kakhulu ukwenza izinqumo kuzo zombili izimoto ezizimele nezizimele. U-Chirag uthi umgomo wakhe kwakuwukudala insiza echaza intuthuko yamanje yezobuchwepheshe futhi inikeza umbono obanzi ekugcineni uhlose ukunciphisa izingozi nokusindisa izimpilo. "Ukubhala le ncwadi kwangivumela ukuba ngihlanganise ubuchwepheshe bami bezobuchwepheshe nombono obanzi wokwenza imigwaqo ephephile yawo wonke umuntu," kuchaza u-Chirag, egcizelela ukuzibophezela kwakhe ekusebenziseni i-AI ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuphepha okubalulekile.
Ku-"Ikusasa Lezokuthutha: Izinto Ezintsha Embonini Yezimoto Esebenzisa I-AI/ML," u-Chirag udingida uguquko lwezobuchwepheshe emkhakheni wezimoto, ebonisa indlela i-AI ne-ML ehlanganiswa ngayo emikhakheni ehlukahlukene yezokuthutha. Ugcizelela amandla oguquko alobu buchwepheshe ekudaleni izinhlelo zokuthutha ezihlakaniphile, ezisebenza kahle kakhulu, nezisimeme kwimvelo. Ngokwabelana nokuqonda kwakhe kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe, u-Chirag uthemba ukukhuthaza abanye embonini ukuhlola amathuba angenamkhawulo we-AI ne-ML, ebonisa inkolelo yakhe emandleni ezobuchwepheshe ukuze aqhube izinguquko ezinhle embonini yezimoto. Ngemibhalo yakhe, uhlose ukuhlomisa ochwepheshe, abenzi bezinqubomgomo, kanye nochwepheshe ngolwazi oludingekayo ukuze bazulazule futhi bachume kulo mkhakha othuthukayo ngokushesha.
Ukuqinisekisa ukwethembeka nokuphepha kwamabhethri ngaphansi kwezimo zokusebenza ezihlukahlukene kwakubaluleke kakhulu emsebenzini kaChirag Wezinhlelo Zokulawulwa Kwebhethri (BMS) Yezimoto zikagesi (EVs) kwaGeneral Motors. Inkinga eyinhloko bekuwukuqapha nokulawula ngokunembile isimo sokushajwa kwebhethri, isimo sempilo, kanye nesimo sokuphila ukuze kuvinjelwe ukwehluleka noma izimo eziyingozi. U-Chirag usebenzise amasu okuqapha athuthukile esebenzisa kokubili izinzwa ze-analog nedijithali, kuhlanganiswe nezilawuli ezincane, ukuze aqoqe idatha yesikhathi sangempela kumapharamitha abalulekile afana ne-voltage, izinga lokushisa lamanje, ne-ambient. Le ndlela yayibalulekile ekugcineni ibhethri lisesimweni esifanele. U-Chirag ubonisa ukuthi, "Enye yezinselele ezinkulu kwakuwukuqinisekisa ukuthi i-BMS ikwazi ukusingatha izimo ezihlukahlukene ngokwethembeka—ukugxila kwethu kwakuwukunemba nokuphepha ngaso sonke isikhathi."
Enye inselele enkulu uChirag abhekane nayo kwakuwukwenza ama-algorithms okubikezela okunembile kwebanga ngokusekelwe ekonakaleni kwebhethri nebanga lemoto. Lokhu bekubalulekile ekuthuthukiseni ukusebenza okuphelele nokuthembeka kwama-EV. Ngokuhlaziya okuphelele nokulingisa amaphethini okonakaliswa kwebhethri, i-Chirag yathuthukisa ukunemba kwezibikezelo zebanga, okuholela kuma-EV athembeke kakhulu. Uphinde wadlala indima ebalulekile ekwakheni uhlaka oluqinile lokulingisa, olusekela ukulingisa okuhlanganyelwe kanye nokuhlanganiswa kwemoto ebonakalayo, ukuthuthukisa kakhulu izinqubo zokuthuthukiswa nokuhlola. Ukuxazulula izinkinga zakhe zamasu kanye nokusebenzisana namaqembu asebenza ngokubambisana kwakubalulekile ekunqobeni lezi zinselele, ekugcineni kwaphumela ezinhlelweni zokuphatha amabhethri ezisebenza kahle nezithembekile zama-EV.
Ukwamukela Ingqophamlando Yesevisi ye-GM kube nomthelela omkhulu endleleni ka-Chirag yokusebenza nokusungula izinto ezintsha, okusebenza njengokubili ukuqinisekiswa nokugqugquzela. Lokhu kuvuma kuqinisa ukuzibophezela kwakhe ekwenzeni okuhle, kumkhuthaza ukuthi ahloniphe izindinganiso eziphakeme kuyo yonke imizamo. Njengoba u-Chirag ebonisa, "Ukuqashelwa ngokuzinikezela kwami neminikelo kugxilisa umuzwa wokuziqhenya nomthwalo wemfanelo, kungishukumisela ukuba ngiphoqe imingcele futhi ngihlole izixazululo ezintsha, ezintsha." Ukuqashelwa futhi kukhulisa ukuzethemba kuka-Chirag ekuholeni amaphrojekthi nokusebenzisana kuwo wonke amaqembu, kumnika amandla okubhekana nezinselele eziyinkimbinkimbi ngomdlandla ovuselelwe. Kusebenza njengesikhumbuzo sendima ebalulekile yokusebenzelana kweqembu, okumkhuthaza ukuba akhuthaze indawo lapho imibono ingashintshaniswa khona ngokukhululeka nezisombululo zithuthukiswe kahle. Lo moya wokubambisana ubalulekile ekusunguleni izinto ezintsha, njengoba uhlanganisa imibono ehlukahlukene nobungcweti, okuholela emiphumeleni eqinile neqanjiwe. Ekugcineni, lokhu kuqashelwa kukhuthaza u-Chirag ukuthi aqhubeke efuna ukuthuthukiswa, ukubeka imigomo ephakeme nokwamukela intuthuko kwezobuchwepheshe.
Esethulweni sakhe senkomfa, u-Chirag ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokunemba nokuvala izikhala ekukhiqizeni izimoto ngokuphakamisa izindlela ezimbalwa ezinomthelela. Enye indlela eyinhloko kwakuwukusetshenziswa kwamasu okulawula Ikhwalithi Yezibalo (SQC), uChirag awachaza ukuthi abalulekile ekuqaphelweni kwesikhathi sangempela nokulawula inqubo yokukhiqiza. "Ngokusebenzisa amathuluzi afana namashadi okulawula nokuhlaziya ukuhlukahluka, singakwazi ukubona ukuhlukahluka kanye namaphutha okungenzeka, sivumele izenzo zokulungisa ngokushesha," kuphawula u-Chirag. Le ndlela ithuthukisa kakhulu ukuhambisana nekhwalithi yomkhiqizo, inciphisa amaphutha kanye nesidingo sokusebenza kabusha.
U-Chirag uphinde wagqamisa indima ye-Design of Experiments (DOE) ekuthuthukiseni amapharamitha wokukhiqiza. Ngokushintsha ngokuhlelekile amapharamitha wenqubo ebalulekile, i-DOE isiza ekuhlonzeni izimo ezifanele zokukhiqiza, ngaleyo ndlela ithuthukise kokubili ikhwalithi yomkhiqizo nokusebenza kahle kwenqubo. Ukwengeza, u-Chirag ugcizelele ukwamukelwa kwamasu athuthukile e-metrology, njengokuskena nge-laser nokuxhumanisa imishini yokulinganisa, ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuqondana okunembayo nokubekwa kwezingxenye. Lezi zindlela zihlangene zifaka isandla ekwanelisekeni okuphezulu kwamakhasimende, izimangalo ezincishisiwe zewaranti, kanye nempumelelo iyonke embonini yokukhiqiza izimoto.
Ukulawulwa kwekhwalithi okunikwe amandla yi-AI ekukhiqizeni izimoto, njengoba kuboniswa umsebenzi kaChirag, kukhulisa kakhulu ukunemba nokusebenza kahle kwezinqubo zokulawula igebe. Ikhono le-AI lokuhlaziya inani elikhulu ledatha eqoqwe kuzinzwa namakhamera ngesikhathi sangempela lidlala indima ebalulekile ekutholeni ngisho nokuphambuka okuncane kakhulu ezilinganisweni zegebe, okungenzeka kugejwe abahloli abangabantu. "Ikhono lokuqapha ngesikhathi sangempela sezinhlelo ze-AI liqinisekisa ukuthi noma yikuphi ukuchezuka kumakwa ngokushesha, okuvumela izinyathelo zokulungisa ngokushesha," kuchaza uChirag. Leli khono linciphisa amaphutha futhi liqinisekisa ukuthi imikhiqizo ihlangabezana nezindinganiso eziqinile zekhwalithi.
Ukwengeza, u-Chirag ugcizelela ukubaluleka kokuhlaziya okubikezela okuqhutshwa yi-AI ekuvimbeleni izinkinga ezingaba khona ngaphambi kokuba ziphakame. Ngokuhlaziya idatha yomlando, amasistimu e-AI angakwazi ukuhlonza amaphethini futhi axwayise ithimba elilawula ikhwalithi ukuze lenze izinguquko ezidingekayo, lithuthukise inqubo yokukhiqiza kanye nokunciphisa imfucuza. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uChirag uveza ukuthi izinhlelo zokuhlola ezizenzakalelayo zisebenzisa ama-algorithms e-AI zinikeza indlela eshesha kakhulu nengaguquguquki kunokuhlola okwenziwa ngesandla, okwenza ngcono kakhulu ukuqinisekiswa kwekhwalithi. Ukuqonda kukaChirag kugqamisa ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa kwe-AI kuholela kanjani ekuthuthukisweni okuqhubekayo kwamasu okukhiqiza, okuholela emikhiqizweni yekhwalithi ephezulu kanye nezindlela zokukhiqiza ezisebenza kahle.
Ukusebenza kumamojula akhanyayo ahambisanayo ne-VSPY kwaGeneral Motors, eholwa nguChirag, kumelela intuthuko enkulu kubuchwepheshe bezimoto zikagesi, ikakhulukazi endaweni yezogesi zezimoto. Ubunkimbinkimbi bezimoto zesimanje bukhule kakhulu, njengoba inqwaba yamakhompiyutha axhumene kumanethiwekhi ayinkimbinkimbi, okuhlanganisa amanethiwekhi amakhulu, angaphansi, kanye namanethiwekhi oxhumanoningi. U-Chirag ugcizelela indima ebalulekile ye-Vehicle Spy ekuzulazuleni le nkimbinkimbi, ethi, "Ama-elekthronikhi ezimotweni akhule aze abe yinkimbinkimbi engakaze ibonwe, futhi i-Vehicle Spy isiza ukubhekana nale nselele ngamathuluzi aklanyelwe ukufinyelela okusheshayo kolwazi kanye nokukhiqiza okuthuthukisiwe."
Ikhono le-Vehicle Spy lokuklama, ukuhlola, nokuhlaziya lezi zinhlelo zenethiwekhi eziyinkimbinkimbi libalulekile ekuthuthukisweni nasekuqinisekiseni ugesi wezimoto, ezibalulekile ekusebenzeni kwezimoto zikagesi. U-Chirag ugqamisa ukuthi isofthiwe iqukethe amathuluzi amaningi okusiza abasebenzisi ukuthi bafinyelele ulwazi ngokushesha, okubalulekile ekuxilongeni okusebenzayo nokunembile kanye nokwenza kahle kwesistimu. Lesi sinyathelo asithuthukisi nje kuphela ukwethembeka nokusebenza kwezimoto zikagesi kodwa futhi siqondisa inqubo yokuthuthukiswa, kwenze kube lula ukuphatha izinto zikagesi eziyinkimbinkimbi ezihlanganisa ama-EV esimanje.
Idizayini kaChirag yesitifiketi seSix Sigma Black Belt ibe semqoka ekulolongeni indlela yakhe yobuholi nokuphathwa kwephrojekthi. Lesi sitifiketi simnikeze uhlaka oluqinile kanye namathuluzi ahlukahlukene aklanyelwe ukuthuthukisa ikhwalithi nokusebenza kahle kwamaphrojekthi akhe. Ngokusebenzisa izindlela ezifana nemidwebo ye-Fishbone kanye nethi 5 Whys, i-Chirag ihlonza ngokuhlelekile futhi ibhekane nezinkinga eziwumsuka, okuholela ezisombululweni ezisebenza kahle nezisimeme.
U-Chirag ugcizelela ukubaluleka kwendlela ye-DMAIC, isici esiyinhloko se-Six Sigma, emsebenzini wakhe. “Ngokulandela izinyathelo ze-DMAIC, ngiyakwazi ukuhlela amaphrojekthi ngempumelelo, ukubeka izinjongo ezicacile, futhi ngisebenzise ukuthuthukiswa okuhlosiwe,” uyachaza. Le ndlela yokwenza iqinisekisa ukuthi amaphrojekthi akhe ahlangabezana nezinhloso zawo ngokungaguquki ngenkathi egcina amazinga aphezulu ekhwalithi. Isitifiketi sakhe se-Six Sigma, ngakho-ke, kube yisisekelo sokushayela imiphumela ephumelelayo kanye nokugqugquzela isiko lokuthuthuka okuqhubekayo emaqenjini akhe.
Iminikelo kaChirag kubuchwepheshe bezimoto ayiphawuli nje kuphela ngobuhlakani bayo kodwa futhi nomthelela wayo obonakalayo ekuphepheni kwemoto, ukusebenza kahle, nokusebenza. Izinto zakhe ezintsha, ezihlanganisa i-Digital Speedometer kanye ne-Digital Wheel Rim Configuration, zibonisa ukuqonda okujulile kokubili kwezimiso zobunjiniyela kanye nezidingo zomsebenzisi. Umsebenzi ka-Chirag Ohlelweni Lokuphathwa Kwebhethri (BMS) ububaluleke kakhulu ekuthuthukiseni ukwethembeka, ukuphepha, nokusebenza kwezimoto zikagesi, okubonisa intuthuko engenzeka ngobuchwepheshe besimanje bezimoto.