Publisher's Synopsis
The first of its kind on the detailed steps for creating an autonomous vehicle or robot, this book provides an overview of the technology and introduction of the key elements involved in developing autonomous vehicles, and offers an excellent introduction to the basics for someone new to the topic of autonomous vehicles and the innovative, modular-based engineering approach called DragonFly. This title covers everything that technical professionals need to know about: CAN bus, chassis, sonars, radars, GNSS, computer vision, localisation, perception, motion planning, and more. Particularly, it covers Computer Vision for active perception and localisation, as well as mapping and motion planning. Case studies are included on the building of an autonomous passenger pod, bus, and vending robot.
