Semi-Autonomous Pathfinding

Team Members -

Matthew Ang, CpE, Vanessa Kao, CSE, Maxwell Liu, EE, Shubham Gupta, EE

Objectives and Goals -

We aim to provide a product that provides accurate and detailed instructions for navigation, and augment existing guidance systems.

Introduction -

This project aims to allow a ground-based vehicle to accurately and safely navigate through an area with the help of an air vehicle with image capturing capturing capabilities and through image processing. Using commercial-off-the-shelf components and custom solutions, we intend to design a system to guide a land vehicle using commands determined by an aerial vehicle’s feedback. This resulting system will allow a user to foresee and account for various potentially unexpected obstacles in a path by using this data to optimize a new path and increase travel efficiency.

Schedule of Events -

12/11/2017-WIreless Systems FInalized

12/18/2017-Hardware Finalized

01/08/2018-Image Processing Software Finalized

01/15/2018-Integration Completed

02/26/2018-Project Completion

Progress & Current Status - Completed

Hardware:

The vehicle hardware is re-desgined to a custom specification and improved turning radius.

Software:

Raspberry Pi running python scripts. 

Video: 

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3pVS0jGmFio&