Digipen Autonomous RC Car Project Montage

I'm the dorkiest looking one that's waddling around and eating sunflower seeds.

This was the first semester for me at Digipen. I and three others (Brian, Ryan, and Craig) were given the task to make an RC car navigate an obstacle course autonomously. Operational code is written in PIC18F452 assembly using pulse width modulation to control the motor and steering servos, and A/D conversion to read from 3 IR sensors. Two long range and one short range on the front. We didn't use the back sensor for our algorithm. Our final algorithm was actually better than anything you'll see in this video, but i don't have a video of that. Anyway enjoy.

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[sexdrugsandrave]

are the chassis (rc-car) expensive im looking to do something similar but dont want to buy a remote controlled purposed car

[Uuq114]

@sexdrugsandrave The before-mentioned instructor mentioned something like the "kits" were about 200 dollars a piece. That's including the RC car, with the processor and the adapter to program the processor i believe. i'm not sure if they come in pre-packaged kits or he just called all the equipment needed a "kit"

[sexdrugsandrave]

was that a HPI? haha i recognise the back suspension

[Uuq114]

@sexdrugsandrave Not sure to be honest. I focused mainly on getting the thing to not run into boxes, haha. Funny enough, Those boxes are actually the original ones that the cars came in. I never actually took a few minutes to look at the box.

[SCRTpilot]

why is it swerving all the time? Maybe you could add a compass so the car has a goal.

[mecnivince]

dude we have the same project can you send me a the codes and the diagrams

[vex123]

Good job guys