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GPS navigation for field mobile robots

Advisors: Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna, Steve Ortiz

Project Description:

The goal of this project is to develop an outdoor mobile robot that will use GPS to navigate safely between via-points. The robot should also be capable of simple obstacle avoidance (i.e., by means of rangefinder sensors) as it travels towards its goal. For the purpose of this project, we will assume that the sequence of vi-points is available from a planner/navigator layer or a supervisory link.

Educational Objectives:

  1. Outdoor mobile robotics, low-level navigation
  2. Microcontroller system design, sensor/actuator interfacing
  3. Global positioning system

Deliverables:

  1. Outdoor vehicle with on-board microcontroller and interface for sensors and GPS
  2. Low-level navigation and obstacle-avoidance software
  3. Project documentation and live demonstration, as described in the course syllabus