Autonomous Attachment Coupling

Doosan Bobcat Engineering, 2017-18

Liaison(s): John Pfaff, Jonathan Roehrl
Advisor(s): Christopher Clark
Students(s): Aman Fatehpuria (TL-S), Jessica Lupanow (TL-F), Gabriel Rubin, Darien Joso (F), Kayla Yamada (F), David Olumese (S), Jingnan Shi (S)

The Doosan Bobcat clinic team will develop a proof of concept for autonomously driving a compact track loader to connect to a bucket attachment. Assumed starting conditions include flat, level ground and close alignment of the attachment and loader. Sensors, such as LiDAR sensors, will be used to determine the position of the vehicle with respect to the bucket. This position will be fed into the control system, which will send desired commands to the tracks on the loader.