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Remotely Piloted

Vehicles

Team: Dhruv, Daniel, Nandini

Advisor: Prof. Richard Martin

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Project Objectives

  • Develop software for remote piloting vehicles
  • Additional sensing will be added to aid the pilots
    • additional cameras
    • range sensors
  • Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of remote piloting interfaces for ground-based vehicles.

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Hardware Design

OSOYOO Servo Steer Smart Car

Mecanum Wheel Car

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Network Architecture

“Server”

VPN (ZeroTier)

Direct Connection

Camera Data

Movement Commands

“Client”

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Settings UI/Error state

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Mecanum/Servo Steer UI

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Testing

Turn #2 in testing course

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Results

Servo Steer Car

Avg First Trial: 59.03 s

Avg Second Trial: 42.43 s

Avg First Trial: 54.99 s

Avg Second Trial: 49.14 s

Mecanum Car

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Future Plans

  • Finish the poster and final presentation
  • Write a paper/report on our testing results
  • Use the driver feedback to make further improvements + think about objectives for next year
    • Easier key commands
    • Smart driving aspects