Autonomous Vehicle Test Bed: a Real Time Operating System Based Test-bed for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation

The experiments and research performed on Autonomous Vehicles and Navigation Systems have gained increasing interest over the last few years. Various intelligence algorithms are being tested to generate the optimum paths for the Autonomous Navigation Systems and to provide the necessary intelligence to those systems depending upon the application. Research and experiments on these Autonomous Navigation Schemes and Algorithms need an efficient test-bed for objective performance analysis. These algorithms often require sensor inputs from the systems such as the speed and steering sensors to apply feedback control action. An efficient test-bed provides status of all sensors and records of all previous sensor values is very desirable. This work involves developing for such a test-bed to support research on Autonomous Navigation schemes and Algorithms involved in these applications.