Title :
GISA: A Brazilian platform for autonomous cars trials
Author :
Hernandes, A.C. ; Brito, A.S. ; Roncancio, H. ; Magalhaes, D.V. ; Becker, Matthias ; Sampaio, R.C.B. ; Jensen, B.T.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Sao Paulo/EESC/Mobile Robot./SENA project, Sao Carlos, Brazil
Abstract :
According to WHO, traffic safety is one of the major concerns of this decade. Due to this, researchers worldwide aim to reduce the large number of fatalities in traffic accidents. This paper presents GISA as a contribution to this scenario. It consists of a platform for testing autonomous car algorithms. Firstly, some requisites to build an autonomous vehicle are presented, followed by sensors, their placement and ROS middleware. Some tests are presented to check the platform performance, including localization issues and obstacle detection. Results show that GISA is a consistent platform for implementation of autonomous car algorithms.
Keywords :
automobiles; collision avoidance; mobile robots; road traffic; sensors; Brazilian platform; GISA; ROS middleware; WHO; autonomous cars trials; autonomous vehicle; localization issues; obstacle detection; platform performance; sensors; traffic safety; Accuracy; Cameras; Global Positioning System; Laser radar; Receivers; Sensors; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4567-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4568-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICIT.2013.6505652
