Making of my Autonomous Vehicle

I have built an Autonomous Vehicle as a part of my final year project, which was sponsored by “Analog Devices, Inc”.The vehicle have the ability to move from one point to another point based on the GPS coordinates of both points and also plots the path it travels in google maps. In order to avoid obstacles in its path, the vehicle uses a grid of sensors that includes laptop based RADAR, camera, proximity sensors. Following are few snapshots of the prototype that was built (camera is not shown in the picture),

Front view

Side view

Here are some videos of making of my Autonomous Vehicle,

Initial obstacle avoidance algorithm testing 1 - outdoor

Initial obstacle avoidance algorithm testing 2 - outdoor

Optimized algorithm testing 1 - outdoor

Optimized algorithm testing 2 - indoor

Testing after changing vehicle dynamics 1 (vehicle turning radius test)

Testing after changing vehicle dynamics 2 (vehicle turning radius test)

Testing after changing vehicle dynamics 3 + Acquiring GPS data of start and end points

Image processing algorithm testing ( webcam+ MATLAB Simulink)

Plotted GPS data in google earth (while vehicle is moving)

Plotted GPS data in google earth (while vehicle is stationary)

Preliminary model built to test the algorithms