Participants:
- Vern Feigenbaum
- Steven Liccketto
- Mike Coffey
- Delwyn Diano
- Brain Meredith
Advisors: Drs. Hernandez and Wang
The goal of the 2009 – 2010 New Jersey Autonomous Vehicle Team (NJAV) was to design and build a fully functional autonomous robot to compete in the 18th Annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Autonomous vehicles are those which serve a unique purpose or function in an environment where constant human instruction or interaction would be unsafe or impossible, such as in dangerous military situations or in harsh environments like the surface of the moon. The NJAV team must design and build a small, robust all terrain vehicle based on the competition’s specifications. Collectively, the NJAV team has researched the areas of electrical, computer, and mechanical fabrication related to building autonomous vehicles. By acquiring technical reports from previous years and studying them along with the associated fields and topics of design, the NJAV team has been able to design, as well as enhance existing aspects of the New Jersey Autonomous Vehicle Project.
The team spent an entire semester researching and implementing designs throughout the fall. The spring semester laid way for design modifications, component testing, and system validation. This is contributed to the division of labor and project specialization each member provides. Team members presented each of their contributions to each of the vehicle’s systems including: a completely re-designed frame with a full independent suspension system, a more practical and efficient electrical system, along with a modified software system for optimal processing performance.
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