Autonomous tank with obstacle avoidance through Computer Vision. Kinect was used to sensor the environment.
Author: Josué Rocha Advisor: Odilon Corrêa da Silva
Kinect tank prototype 1.0 assembly.
- Microsoft Kinect v1.0;
- Refrigerator wheels;
- 2 electric car window motors;
- Arduino MEGA 2560;
- 2 H-Bridges 43a Bts7960 Motor driver Arduino Ibt-2;
- 12V motorcycle battery;
- NOVADATA ND10 netbook.
- Raspberry Pi.
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Prototype 1.0
- Assemble tank;
- Program motor control using Arduino and the H-Bridges;
- Implement Kinect data acquisition and processing;
- Object detection;
- Route Calculation.
- Serial communication interface between Netbook and Arduino in C++;
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Prototype 2.0
- Replace wheels with tank tracks;
- Work on tank design.
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Final version
- Replace Netbook with Raspberry PI;
- Print circuit board.