Autonomous Navigator Engineering Senior Design Project
Document Type
Event
Department
Engineering
Abstract
The mobile robot platform was developed over the course of 10 years, starting in 2011 with Josiah who devleoped the initial hardware platform and control software. Shortly thereafter, Artinyan improved the control aspects of the robot by using PID and implemented groundwork for autonomous navigation. Recently, in Spring 2020, Belle-Isle and Werner added a Raspberry Pi 3b to the platform and rewrote the control software to use the ROS framework. They also investigated navigation using an A* algorithm and webcam. In Summer 2021, Sean worked on improving several aspects of the platform and incorpoating LiDaR and a Kinect camera. This project team aims to build on the recent ROS frameworks developed by the previous two teams by improving upon what has already been done. Some aspects of the platform are in need of being upgraded in order to get the best performace from what has recently been added. From there, the project will focus on being able to semi autonomously navigate.
Autonomous Navigator Engineering Senior Design Project
The mobile robot platform was developed over the course of 10 years, starting in 2011 with Josiah who devleoped the initial hardware platform and control software. Shortly thereafter, Artinyan improved the control aspects of the robot by using PID and implemented groundwork for autonomous navigation. Recently, in Spring 2020, Belle-Isle and Werner added a Raspberry Pi 3b to the platform and rewrote the control software to use the ROS framework. They also investigated navigation using an A* algorithm and webcam. In Summer 2021, Sean worked on improving several aspects of the platform and incorpoating LiDaR and a Kinect camera. This project team aims to build on the recent ROS frameworks developed by the previous two teams by improving upon what has already been done. Some aspects of the platform are in need of being upgraded in order to get the best performace from what has recently been added. From there, the project will focus on being able to semi autonomously navigate.
