Final Year Project

Project Title

Autonomous Tow Truck for Industrial Plant

Description

This project aims to improve the efficiency of Indus Motor Company (IMC) operations, by converting their tow trucks, which carry loads from one shop to another, into autonomous mobile robots removing the need for a dedicated driver to operate manually. This involves Intervention in the actuator system to electronically control the wheels; installation of a sensor portfolio to sense the environment; modeling of robot motions and interactions in the presence of differing loads; algorithm development to simultaneously localize the robot and map its environment; and safe navigation to deliver loads from a start to goal location while avoiding collisions. Apart from addressing IMC's needs, this project also provides a promising research problem in the field of autonomous robotics by providing a real-world semi-structured environment that serves as a realistic step forward from a fully structured environment in a typical manufacturing floor, while also avoiding the complexity of fully unstructured environments.