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TurningPoint – Design and develop a self-driving obstacle avoiding vehicle
Design and develop a self-driving & obstacle-avoiding vehicle, fitted with sensors and real-time management from a cloud-hosted backend.
Description of the assignment
- This internship is focused on processing incoming data from sensors (distance, obstacle- detection, IR distance, etc.) to generate input on which the self-driving ‘vehicle’ can receive its instructions
- We imagine this vehicle as a platform of max 30cm x 30cm that is fitted with wheels, motors and a ton of sensors.
- Eventually your vehicle will be used (outside the scope of this internship) on top of a smart trashcan (see TrashBeat internship for more details) so we create a smart trash management system
- To realize all this, the vehicle will be loaded with all necessary sensors. It will be driven by a motor. This will all be part of your assignment.
- Your biggest challenge will be the real-time processing of the sensor data to send it over to the driver input management system in a timely fashion.
- The goal of this assignment will be the delivery of an effective working prototype of both the hardware platform as well as the basic obstacle-avoidance model that in combination can deliver a payload throughout our offices to its endpoint.
Goals
- This internship is focused on processing incoming data from sensors (distance, obstacle- detection, IR distance, etc.) to generate input on which the self-driving ‘vehicle’ can receive its instructions
- We imagine this vehicle as a platform of max 30cm x 30cm that is fitted with wheels, motors and a ton of sensors.
- Eventually your vehicle will be used (outside the scope of this internship) on top of a smart trashcan (see TrashBeat internship for more details) so we create a smart trash management system
- To realize all this, the vehicle will be loaded with all necessary sensors. It will be driven by a motor. This will all be part of your assignment.
- Your biggest challenge will be the real-time processing of the sensor data to send it over to the driver input management system in a timely fashion.
- The goal of this assignment will be the delivery of an effective working prototype of both the hardware platform as well as the basic obstacle-avoidance model that in combination can deliver a payload throughout our offices to its endpoint.
What you will gain
- You will learn to prototype and adjust minor errors
- You will learn real-time data captation and processing
- You will explore all kinds of possibilities of different sensors
- You will gain knowledge and experience in designing and producting a machine learning
solution - That lovely feeling you’ll get knowing your product will in effect contribute to a neater trash
management system. It will effectively be used in our offices!
What you need
- Creativity and the will to succeed
- A motivated personality that can handle setbacks
- You see the bigger picture when it comes to making software and hardware work together
- You want to learn everything about real-time data and stream processing
- You can’t wait to learn a heck of a lot in a relatively limited time period.
Technologies you'll be using
- Microcontrollers
- Cloud backend
- Messaging infrastructure
- Spark and MLLib
Your mentor
Kevin Smeyers – Technical lead machine learning ToThePoint
