Self Driving Pickup 2

This is a computer controled 1983 Dodge Ram pickup. It still has a motor connected to the steering wheel, it still needs a human to control the speed.

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Update 11/6/07

For those of you that where thinking, that can't be real, here is how this thing works.

There are sensors mounted to the outside of the truck, when an obstacle is sensed by the sensors, a motor is activated that is mounted on the floor and turns a rope that turns the steering wheel. The wheel is turned back to the normal position when the obstacle is out of the way. If the obstacle cannot be avoided then a motor that is attached to the break pedal is activated, and will put the truck in manual mode.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Self
• Driving
• Dodge
• Ram

[Poulinoz]

pourquoi on voit pas le bas du volant loll parce qui tourne ak ses mains peu-être loll

[robotca123]

Puisque nous avons voulu que l'appareil-photo vît hors de la fenêtre à

[nikazone]

this isnt real. the jerking that the steering wheel does is the steering wheel unlocking. My dodge ram does the same thing bud. why dont you show the bottom of the steering wheel

[Poulinoz]

ok....

[robotca123]

correct

[hungarianszilard]

ahh i c. so if its on both it is not trained to verify that kinda situation.

[robotca123]

Well, the system sees the sensors on the right as one sensor, and the sensors on the left as one sensor, even though there are 3 sensors on each side. So if one or more of the sensors on say, the left side are activated, then the motor would spin the wheel to the right, but if one or more sensors on each side are activated, then it will apply the breaks and the steering wheel will not move

[hungarianszilard]

hmmm so when it approached an objeect within crash radius it would turn left or right?It sounds like it can get out of control Ex: the sensor tells it to turn left (cause of an impediment), then another one to turn to the right when next to it would be a wall (for an example) or is their sensors around the truck? However wouldn't that require even more electrical transmitts ( different type)?

[robotca123]

we just used parts of the computer to differentiate between the sensors on either side and send an electric current to the motor. I believe that a backwards electric current will spin the wheel to the left and a normal electric current will spin the wheel to the right. and yes we did make up the part about the gps and the map thing.

[hungarianszilard]

so did u make the computer for it?