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Ares Cleaning System, Andy Sagers, John Cunningham, Peter Greig, Jack Glynn
Ares Cleaning System, Andy Sagers, John Cunningham, Peter Greig, Jack Glynn
Mechanical Engineering
In this Final Design Review, the team outlines the general scope of the ARES Cleaning System project and the final design direction chosen and built. This team consists of a group of four mechanical engineering students who have been tasked with designing and manufacturing an autonomous ARES cleaning system to help their sponsor, Fracsun, better track soiling losses measured at large solar arrays. They designed, conceptualized, manufactured, and tested throughout the project as they looked to create a final, functioning product. In creating this Final Design Review, they have identified how the product will perform the desired functions and what …
Autonomous Collision Avoidance, Thomas Stevens, Elliot Carlson, Ian Painter
Autonomous Collision Avoidance, Thomas Stevens, Elliot Carlson, Ian Painter
Mechanical Engineering
A steering controlled, autonomous collision avoidance system has been developed by California Polytechnic State University. This system represents a step in the direction of fully autonomous driving, while allowing the driver to maintain control of the vehicle during normal driving conditions. In the case of an imminent collision, the system removes control of the vehicle from the user and autonomously steers around the obstacles. The final system is able to avoid two static obstacles with a 95% pass rate and one moving obstacle with a 50% pass rate. With full scale, fleet wide, implementation of this system it is expected …