The Electrical and Computer Science Engineering Department of the Institute of Applied Sciences of Toulouse disposes of a miniature electric car. The aim of the No Time to Brake project is to enable obstacle avoidance on the vehicle and give the vehicle two functioning modes: autonomous and semi-autonomous.
Features
With various types of sensors implemented, the car should be able to detect the statis and moving obstacles on its way.
After setting a destination and using the GPS, the vehicle should be able to trace a route with a correct trajectory going from its current position to the destination point.
The vehicle should be able to avoid an obstacle, either by changing its trajectory or braking, depending on the measured reaction distance and the current speed. An emergency stop button should also be implemented.
If the user wants, the autonomous mode can be activated and with all the data from the sensors and the GPS, the vehicle can reach the destination all by itself.
In case the car fails to avoid the obstacle (crashing), the emergency service should be called immediately.
When the manual mode is activated, the user can control the vehicle via a controller.
The autonomous vehicle is designed and developped by Klunk, a team of students of the 2021 Automatic Control and Electronic class in the Electrical and Computer Science Department of the Institute of Applied Sciences of Toulouse.
Contributors
Essaid El Oubaidi, Lenny Laffargue, Carole Meyer, Duc Minh Muon, William Sablé, Paul Thebault
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