Prototype Autonomous

Concept Vehicle
BATCH: M7 PROJECT GUIDE
DR. M. SANGEETHA
Harshit Gambhir (RA1411004010232)
(Assistant Professor)
ANURAG MOHANTY (RA1411004010247)
ARJUN DHINGRA (RA1411004010272)
OBJECTIVE
To build a prototype which is able to handle three tasks:
Self-driving on the track,
Stop sign and traffic light detection, and
Multi-directional collision avoidance.

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ABSTRACT
The motive of this project is to make a scaled prototype vehicle
that can commute without human interaction in restricted
environments. This is to be done by implementing a number of
well placed sensors that detect different things and obstacles.

Our focus is to build a small scale prototype and experiment with

it to find the right combination of sensors and techniques that
best suits our application. The target is to achieve level 3
autonomy.

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BACKGROUND
The adoption of the project is from the following current
technologies;
Google launched it’s autonomous car “Waymo” in December ‘16.
Google describes the Waymo as “A self driving tech with a mission
to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around”.
Tesla Autopilot is a driver assist feature offered by Tesla. The
company’s stated intent is to offer fully autonomous driving at a
future time, acknowledging that legal, regulatory and technical
hurdles must be overcome to achieve this goal. Tesla plans to
demonstrate full self driving by the end of ‘17 and to enable it by
‘19.

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SYSTEM DESIGN
The system consists of three subsystems:
Input unit (camera, sharp IR sensor);
Processing unit; and
Actuator unit

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 Input Unit
A camera module and a sharp IR sensor is used to collect input data. Two client programs run on
microprocessor for streaming color video and sensor data to the computer via local Wi-Fi
connection.

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Processing Unit
The processing unit (computer) handles multiple tasks:
Receiving data from Raspberry Pi (or more powerful processor),
Steering prediction,
object detection(stop sign and traffic light),
Distance measurement, and
Sending instructions to microprocessor through USB connection.

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Actuator Unit
The actuator unit consists of DC motor, motor driver and servo.

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DC Motor
A DC motor is any of a class of rotary electrical machines that converts direct current electrical
energy into mechanical energy. The most common types rely on the forces produced by
magnetic fields. Nearly all types of DC motors have some internal mechanism, either
electromechanical or electronic, to periodically change the direction of current flow in part of
the motor. In this project, the DC motors will be used for forward and reverse motion of the car.

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Motor Driver
A motor driver is a little current amplifier; the function of motor drivers is to take a low-current
control signal and then turn it into a higher-current signal that can drive a motor. There are
many different kinds of motor drivers. It will be used for providing driving current to the DC
motors.

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Servo Motor
A servo motor is a rotary actuator or linear actuator that allows for precise control of angular or
linear position, velocity and acceleration. It consists of a suitable motor coupled to a sensor for
position feedback. In this project, the servo motors will be used for steering purposes.

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PROBLEM STATEMENT
To design and build a prototype of an autonomous vehicle with 1:4 scale of a commercial vehicle
and test it with various combination of sensors and actuators.

The aim is to achieve level 3 autonomy(conditional autonomous driving).

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MOTIVATION
“Road accidents killed 17 people every hour in India in 2016.”
The goal is to potentially minimise the number of road accidents caused largely due to human
error.
To create a stress free traveling environment.
To reduce traffic through road networking.

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 Thank You!

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