ME 131: Vehicle Control & Dynamics (UC Berkeley)

A standard 1:10 scale RC car was transformed into an autonomous vehicle using many industry-wide techniques and technology. The final goal was to produce an autonomous car that could complete a lap in the shortest amount of time.

BARC Testing on temporary track

Sample final Race run.

There were many intermediate goals before the final race, such as a drifting experiment, a self driven project & report, along with a theory examination.

Final Race Result: 5th Place (out of 28 teams)

Final Grade: A

Learning Outcomes

Hardware/Software integration in complex systems
General testing and debugging of complex systems
Gathering and processing testing data
Vision based autonomous vehicle techniques

Control of real life dynamic systems (LQR, PID controllers) e.g. Adaptive Cruise Control, Traction Control, ABS
Vehicle Dynamics Theory and applications (e.g. Tyre models)
Robot Operating System (ROS), Linux development, python
Lateral & Longitudinal Dynamics