IGVC Introduction




The basic course consists of two lane-lines, about 6' apart that denote a path. The path, roughly rectangular, covers a perimeter similar to a football field. Scattered through the course are various obstacles - garbage cans, construction cones, sawhorses. The robot navigates from its origin to a provided GPS waypoint. One of the lanelines vanishes at the waypoint, and the robot must navigate to the next waypoint without the assistance of lanelines. 

In the advanced course, the course is larger, more waypoints are added to the free navigation section and a slalom between colored flags is introduced. The basic rules remain unchanged. 

The robot is required to maintain an average speed between 1mph and 10mph through the course. The final score is determined by distance covered, with distance penalties for hitting obstacles and other offences. 

Continue to approaches.

I wrote weekly memos for the project adviser. Those are reproduced below for reference.