A Guidance System for an Electric Vehicle in Non-Structured Roads

In this paper, the development of a guidance system for electric vehicles in a non-structured roads environment is presented. The roads lack of any kind of horizontal signs. The vehicle was circulate in the "Instituto Tecnologico de Energias Renovables" (ITER) environment, within the framework of the project entitled "25 Bioclimatic Houses". The vehicle path was take place in the outside with non-controlled illumination conditions and a route plenty of upward and downward slopes and curves. A guidance system based on a binocular head of two degrees of freedom is proposed. The cameras orientation in such way that the road appears centered in the captured images, allows for making the prototype guidance.