Guiding a remote vehicle when real time image transmission is not possible is an important problem in the field of teleoperation. In such a situation, it is impractical to put an operator behind a steering wheel and expect accurate steering. In semi-autonomous teleoperation, an operator designates the path that the vehicle should follow in an image of the scene transmitted from the vehicle, and...

In 2005, we automated a forklift-based Hot Metal Carrier to be capable of typical metal transfer operations around a smelter. The project was highly successful and the vehicle has demonstrated hundreds of hours of live autonomous operations to thousands of people from industry and the public. As a result of the exposure and success of the project, we have expanded its focus to demonstrate how v...

This article summarizes VIAC, the VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge, a test of autonomous driving from Italy to China using four electric vehicles. The vehicles were equipped with a complete sensorial suite that involved different kinds of sensors like cameras, laser scanners, GPS, and others; they feature autonomous capabilities thanks to a x-by-wire subsystem able to control the st...

Our immediate objectives are to develop a technique to measure vertical water velocity and the turbulent fluxes of heat and salt with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV), and to construct a vehicle to fully test and exploit the technique. This has been done in a limited way with our Autonomous Conductivity and Temperature Vehicle (ACTV). Morison and McPhee (1998) use the vertical motion of the...

Autonomous vehicle technology is a popular topic that could increase vehicle safety and convenience. Today, autonomous cars are tested with multiple sensors including lidar, radar, and cameras. Vehicle perception and localization today relies on expensive sensors like a Velodyne that costs as much as $30,000; however, humans are able to use the equivalent of one or two cameras as enough informa...

This document discusses the design of our Knight Sweeper vehicle. Knight Sweeper is an autonomous vehicle designed to detect any metallic objects and avoid obstacles during its route of navigation. Once detection occurs the vehicle is designed to identify region of detection and avoid collision with the actual metallic object or obstacle in its way. Knight Sweeper will be able to operate in a m...

AUTONOMOUS TRACKING AND FOLLOWING OF SHARKS WITH AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE

Autonomous driving has been the subject of increased interest in recent years both in industry and in academia. Serious efforts are being pursued to address legal, technical and logistical problems and make autonomous cars a viable option for everyday transportation. One significant challenge is the time and effort required for the verification and validation of the decision and control algorit...

This paper examines the kinematics and control of a Load Haul Dump Vehicle used in underground mining operations. The aim of the work is to develop an autonomous guidance strategy. A linear, state-space, mathematical model of the vehicle is derived purely from geometric consideration of the vehicle and its desired path. Autonomous regulation of the vehicle is shown to be theoretically feasible ...

Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication for autonomous driving is currently a focus of research and standardization in the USA, Europe and Asia. Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication has great potential to increase road and passenger safety, and has been considered a next important part of cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems for the vision of ac...