Design and Implementation of an Autonomous Vehicle System with GPS Tracking

Abstract

An autonomous vehicle is a robotic vehicle that is designed to travel without a human operator. It is capable of sensing its environment and navigating without human input. The project aims in designing an autonomous vehicle which is capable of detecting any obstacle before it and able to avoid this obstacle automatically after checking obstacle in two sides of this vehicle by rotating sensor using servo motor. GPS tracker is used for finding vehicle position on the road and sending this location via SMS to the owner mobile phone. By putting geometric coordinates in Google map, the vehicle location can be seen. Arduino UNO is used as processor and ultrasonic sensor for sensing obstacle, servo motor for checking free path in left and right side and GPS tracker for getting continuous update about position of vehicle. Designing a fully autonomous vehicle is very costly and in this project, low cost autonomous vehicle has been designed with GPS tracking which can be used for sending necessary relief and medicine at the time of natural disaster and war when human presence is risky. This vehicle can also be used in military application.