Autonomous Ground Navigation in C

Aerospace EngineeringSeungjoo Lee ‘10

• Failure is mother of success

Motivation

• EGR 115 final project – GPS communication in C

Car Mechanism• Simple RC monster

truck• Two channel radio

controlled system – Left side wheels , Right side wheels.

• Direction changed by giving different speed in each side

• Electric source – 9v battery for remote, capacity

Hardware Components

Building servo mountComputer wiring

Software Components

• Written in C• Compiler : Microsoft Visual C++• Phidgets USB Servo library

Code I/O Diagram

Full Code Algorithm

Experiment

• Test drives in soccer field and ICI parking space.

Model examples of Autonomous Vehicle

• Mars Rovers

Future improvement of my program

• My own Autopilot program

The End