This project proposed a modular system that would autonomize off-road vehicles while retaining full manual operability. This MQP team designed and developed a Level 3 autonomous vehicle prototype using an SAE Baja vehicle outfitted with actuators and exteroceptive sensors. At the end of the project, the vehicle had a drive-by-wire system, could localize itself using sensors, generate a map of its surroundings, and plan a path to follow a desired trajectory. Given a map, the vehicle could traverse a series of obstacles in an enclosed environment. The long- term goal is to alter the software system to make it modular and operate in real-time, so the vehicle can autonomously navigate off-road terrain to rescue and aid a distressed individual.

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Creator

• Pepicelli, Cassandra Marie
• White, Samuel Stephen
• Mao, Lanhao
• Wolanin, Cooper
• Entov, Gabriel
• Tai, Jonathan LongYing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-041919-175752

Advisor

• Wyglinski, Alexander
• Lauer, Hugh C

Year

• 2019

Sponsor

• MERL
• PICO Tech
• WPI FSAE
• SICK

Date created

• 2019-04-19

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• Interdisciplinary

Rights statement

• In Copyright