UGV Assisted Navigation

11 Jul, 2024
Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Assisted Navigation is a navigation system for UGVs in off-highway environments. The technology locates the position and orientation of a UGV as well as presents to a UGV a path and trajectory to navigate.

UGV Assisted Navigation presents an advanced navigation solution tailored for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) operating in off-highway environments, including agricultural plantations, construction sites, and mining quarries. This system delivers precise and dependable position and orientation data for UGVs, facilitating their seamless operation. Additionally, it offers optimised path and trajectory guidance, enabling UGVs to navigate efficiently from their starting point to the intended destination.

Features

UGV Assisted Navigation provides the following features::

  • Responsive Control Mechanism
    A responsive control mechanism (throttle, steering and braking) for a wheel-based mobile robot’s velocity while maintaining stability.
  • Localisation Mechanism using Sensor Fusion
    A localisation mechanism using sensor fusion technique (Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and Real-Time Kinematic (RTK), Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), and visual odometry) that is accurate and reliable for position and orientation.
  • Fast Cartographer
    Rapid generation of occupancy maps through object detection tracing in aerial imagery. This process involves automatically converting aerial images of plantation areas into occupancy grid maps, facilitating UGV navigation.
  • Navigation Planning Mechanism
    An optimised navigation mechanism (computational efficiency, path length, smoothness and safety) that uses occupancy grid mapping, as well as path and trajectory planning techniques.
  • Modular Datalink
    Equipped with a modular datalink system that supports various communication channels including WiFi, 4G, 5G, and TV Whitespace, our solution guarantees reliable connectivity and versatile communication options. This empowers UGVs to operate efficiently across diverse environments and under fluctuating conditions.
Plantation Data
Navigation Planning

Technology Benefits

The main impacts of IUGV Assisted Navigation is:

  • Integrated Navigation System for UGV
    IAn integrated navigation system that provides accurate and reliable position and orientation of a UGV, and optimised path and trajectory for a UGV to navigate in off-highway environments…

Applications

  • UGV Navigation for Off-Highway Environments: Agriculture, Construction, Mining