Design of vibration control system for the laser scanner of an autonomous vehicle

• Grant number: 11/18314-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2011
• End date: June 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics of Solids
• Principal Investigator: Rodrigo Nicoletti
• Grantee: Dalton Assumpção Leite
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Autonomous vehicles have been thoroughly studied due to the possibility of solving many of the traffic problems faced nowadays. Instrumentation is inherent to this kind of vehicle and, in the case of the frontal laser scanner, measurements are affected by the movements of the vehicle body during riding. This project aims at designing and building a positioning device for the frontal laser scanner in order to compensate for the body movements of the autonomous vehicle's low-frequency range (below 10 Hz).(AU)