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CapstoneDemoVideo.mp4

Proposal

Can 60GHz RADAR solutions be used for unmanned indoor vehicle obstacle avoidance? Can this obstacle avoidance be done in a latency prone environment?

Problem

  • Traditional obstacle avoidance is expensive with constrained solutions
  • Spinning LiDAR is relatively expensive, needs line of sight
  • Solid State LiDAR sensors are also relatively expensive, and need line of sight
  • Good Time-of-Flight sensors are very costly, and have a small field of view
  • Multiple cameras provide good depth performance, but fail with poor light, dust, or smoke

Purpose

To demonstrate collision detection and obstacle avoidance with an unmanned vehicle using new, low-cost Texas Instruments mmWave RADAR sensors

Application

  • Indoor Navigation + Obstacle Avoidance

  • Widespread Application

- Surveillance

- Search and rescue in dangerous environments

- Warehouse monitoring and maintenance

- Indoor photography and video

Block Diagram

List of Parts

  • Aion Robotics Rover

  • NVIDIA Jetson Nano

  • mmWave Radar Sensor

  • Slamtec RPLiDAR Sensor

  • XBox RC Controller

  • External Computer

  • Pixhawk 2.1

  • WiFi

  • GPS