DART: A Compact Platform for Autonomous Driving Research

Lorenzo Lyons*, Thijs Niesten, Laura Ferranti

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volumeConference contributionScientificpeer-review

1 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a research platform for autonomous driving applications, the Delft's Autonomous-driving Robotic Testbed (DART). Our goal was to design a small-scale car-like robot equipped with all the hardware needed for on-board navigation and control while keeping it cost-effective and easy to replicate. To develop DART, we built on an existing off-the-shelf model and augmented its sensor suite to improve its capabilities for control and motion planning tasks. We detail the hardware setup and the system identification challenges to derive the vehicle's models. Furthermore, we present some use cases where we used DART to test different motion planning applications to show the versatility of the platform. Finally, we provide a git repository with all the details to replicate DART, complete with a simulation environment and the data used for system identification.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 35th IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, IV 2024
PublisherIEEE
Pages129-136
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9798350348811
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event35th IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, IV 2024 - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 2 Jun 20245 Jun 2024

Publication series

NameIEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1931-0587
ISSN (Electronic)2642-7214

Conference

Conference35th IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, IV 2024
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju Island
Period2/06/245/06/24

Bibliographical note

Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care
Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'DART: A Compact Platform for Autonomous Driving Research'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this