Communication Organization and Reaserch

Feb 20, 2018

The team is moving toward our first dry run which will take place at X-Labs at the end of this week. We expect to test our vehicle and have it fully integrated. The team is prepared to face some glitches, and make improvements for the next dry run. Additionally, the team will be presenting at the X-Labs innovation summit on Friday April 27th at 4:30 pm in Lakeview Hall. Members of the project will be presenting along with students from five other x-Labs classes. You can register to attend the event here. Also, check out our new facebook page @JMU Autonomous Vehicles.

Front End

The front end team moved the blog over to the new website which you can view here. A photo gallery has also been incorporated into the website. The website’s connection to the database is still in development, and once they are fully connected, this will allow users to see the location of the car as it progresses, the destination, and information about the sensors.

Planning and Navigation

The planning and navigation team has run into a snag moving their stuff over to Amazon Web services. The transition has proven to be time consuming, and with a quickly approaching deadline, it might be better not to transition to AWS.

Sensing and Processing

The sensing and processing team is making steady progress with the ZED sensor, the GPS, and the Lidar sensor. The GPS now connects to a node that publishes latitude, longitude and velocity.

Motor Control

The motor control team completed their motor control code and implemented it with keyboard controls for vehicle movement. They have finished milling all of the control systems. Their next step is to run a full test with all of the control systems mounted.