PROBLEM DEFINITION REVIEW P15242 - AUTONOMOUS PEOPLE MOVER - PHASE - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

PROBLEM DEFINITION REVIEW

P15242 - AUTONOMOUS PEOPLE MOVER - PHASE 2

TEAM

Member Role Program

Nathan Biviano Project Manager & Integration IE Madeleine Daigneau Software & Communication CE James Danko Controls & Communication EE Connor Goss Software & Communication CE Austin Hintz Power & Electrical Design EE Sam Kuhr Power & Electrical Design EE Benjamin Tarloff Controls & Integration ME

PRESENTATION AGENDA

• Project Background
• Problem Statement
• Use Scenario
• Stakeholders
• Constraints
• Customer Requirements
• Engineering Requirements
• Schedule
• Potential Risks/Issues
• Feel Free to ask

questions throughout the presentation

PROJECT BACKGROUND

The Rochester Institute of Technology wishes to re- enter the field of research in vehicle autonomy. Autonomy is becoming more and more important as automotive standards leave fewer vehicle functions to the human user. Autonomous vehicles offer significant improvements in roadway safety and traffic flow. The base of this project is the work started by the Autonomous People Mover Phase I team.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Autonomous vehicles are currently being developed to improve roadway safety and optimize traffic flow. The Rochester Institute of Technology wishes to re-enter the field of autonomous driving by converting a low speed golf cart into an autonomous people mover. An autonomous people mover is a vehicle that transports people in a safe, fast, and comfortable way and requires no human interaction in normal operating circumstances. MSDII Team P15241 is currently working on a golf cart that will utilize remote control by the end of the 2015 spring semester. The scope of this project includes converting a remote controlled vehicle into a fully-autonomous vehicle capable

• f driving a course and avoiding basic obstacles. The safety of passengers and bystanders are the greatest

concern, thus the vehicle will be programmed to drive conservatively. Both manual and remote control override will be available to intervene when needed. Any changes made to the vehicle cannot interfere with the work currently being done by P15241 prior to Imagine RIT. The end vision is a safe, reliable, and demonstrable autonomous people mover.

USE SCENARIO

STAKEHOLDERS

• Harris
• Kodak Alaris
• Customer - Ray Ptucha
• Faculty Guide - John Kaemmerlen
• RIT
• Clark Hochgraf
• Passenger, Bystanders, Nearby Traffic
• Phase 2 Team

CONSTRAINTS

• Budget (~$4500)
• Safety Concerns
• Testing Environment Restrictions
• Phase I is ready for Imagine RIT 2015
• Golf Cart Dimensions
• Processing Power/Sensor Resolution
• Power Consumption

CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS

ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS

SCHEDULE

POTENTIAL RISKS/ISSUES

• Failure to steer
• Failure to stop
• Malfunction of GPS
• Battery failure
• Sensor disconnect
• Power disconnect
• Communication failure
• Button/Switch failure
• Controls miscommunication
• Sensor noise
• Flat tire
• Phase 1 does NOT satisfy

requirements

• Drives too fast for sensors
• Limited bandwidth for sensor interface
• Algorithm does NOT detect obstacles
• Algorithm does NOT find path
• Golf cart is damaged
• Golf cart is destroyed beyond repair
• RIT risk management interferes
• Cannot get space to test
• Customer (Ptucha) is unavailable
• Microcontroller does NOT have enough

processing power

• Sensors are too expensive
• Car does NOT have enough space to mount

controllers and sensors

QUESTIONS? FEEDBACK?