Applied Robotics: Multi Purpose Autonomuos Vehicle

Damien Dube, Julien Godin-Viau and Leo Bardou-Marchand

Abstract:	The objective of the Capra team from the École de Technologie Supérieure University is to build an autonomous vehicle with the necessary infrastructure and tools to navigate through a set environment and accomplish a wide range of missions. Versatile movement capabilities, accurate positioning algorithms, effective control, easy navigation, environmental mapping and dynamic path finding are the major elements that our team has concentrated its effort on for the past two years. The successful implementation of these tools has given the vehicle the ability to compete successfully in two different competitions: the ION Autonomous Lawnmower Competition (Automow) and the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC). The required tasks consisted of mowing a predefined field, avoiding static and moving obstacles and navigating in a known or unknown environment. The current vehicle, at its second year of existence, has finished in second place for the dynamic challenge at the ION Autonomous Lawnmower Competition in 2007 and in fifth place for the autonomous challenge at the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition in 2007.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 20th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2007) September 25 - 28, 2007 Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth, TX
Pages:	1754 - 1759
Cite this article:	Dube, Damien, Godin-Viau, Julien, Bardou-Marchand, Leo, "Applied Robotics: Multi Purpose Autonomuos Vehicle," Proceedings of the 20th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2007), Fort Worth, TX, September 2007, pp. 1754-1759.
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