Autonomous Snowblower
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open in viewerThe purpose of this project is to research and develop a system to autonomously clear a specified area of snow. The resultant system includes a modified snowblower, a base station, and a computer application to monitor and define the area for the snowblower to clear. A high precision GPS is equipped on both the snowblower and the base station to provide accurate location data. The snowblower is additionally equipped with a LIDAR sensor for obstacle detection in the snow, as well as a microcontroller to run embedded software and interface with the computer application. The team faced many design challenges and learned a substantial amount through the implementation of the research they conducted.
- This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
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- E-project-042717-032401
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- Year
- 2017
- Date created
- 2017-04-27
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- Major
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FinalReport_MASTER.pdf | Public | Download | ||
code.zip | Public | Download | ||
undercarriage.zip | Public | Download | ||
LIDAR_assembly.zip | Public | Download |
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