Title :
Autonomous all-terrain vehicle steering
Author :
Cortner, Alex ; Conrad, James M. ; BouSaba, Nabila A.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents research in steering control techniques for an automated all-terrain vehicle (ATV). The work presented here focused particularly on modification of previous control methods for a motorized steering system done by another team in order to eliminate problems with motor overheating. Hardware and software techniques were utilized in the process of exploring the cause of the heating, and what has been learned can be integrated into the ATV systems.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; mobile robots; off-road vehicles; steering systems; autonomous all-terrain vehicle steering; hardware technique; motor overheating; motorized steering system; software technique; steering control technique; Heating; Microcontrollers; Navigation; Pulse width modulation; Steering systems; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon, 2012 Proceedings of IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1374-2
DOI :
10.1109/SECon.2012.6196932