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Overview of the ProjectThe Primary Objective of the project was the development of an autonomous land vehicle with image processing capability ( e.g. make the vehicle follow a white line on a dark background). Also it should possess properties such as inherent collision avoiding capability and avoidance of huge pits preventing the Ant from falling into them. Thus providing a safe navigation through a rough and hostile environment. The navigation system of the ant consist of two modes of operation.
FREE RUNNING MODE: In this mode of operation the Ant is free running and looks out for obstacles in its path and Huge pits and valleys. Obstruction detector consists basically of whiskers on the front side of the ant and when the whiskers touch against any obstacle it stops reverses as well as turns and takes an alternate path. Thus a collision is avoided. Similarly the depth detector consists of a moment that is used as a sensor, when the moment moves above a certain angle the motor turns back and finds a new path. The sensor detects a pit of an arbitrarily predefined depth and prevents the ant from falling into it. Thus exhibiting an inherent ability to intelligently distinguish obstacles and depth.
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