RAVON (Robust Autonomous Vehicle for Off-road Navigation) is a robot being developed at the Robotics Research Lab at University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. The vehicle is used, as a testbed to investigate behaviour-based strategies on motion adaptation, localization and navigation in rough outdoor terrain. The basis vehicle was produced by Robosoft.
Description The vehicle uses a 3D laser scanner.
The vehicle is an example of using behavior-based components on two layers of a multi-layer control system. It also uses a form of short-term memory to prevent collisions with obstacles that it observed some time ago.
The vehicle was experimentally tested at the 2nd Military European Land Robot Trial 2008.
Technical specifications Length: 2.35 m Width: 1.4 m Height: 1.2 m Weight: 750 kg Computer: 4 On-board PCs Power Supply: 8 spiral cell batteries (12 V, 55 Ah each) Operation Time: about 4 hours Drive: 4WD with four independent electric motors Steering: front and rear wheel steering via linear motors Velocity: 10 km/h max. Controller: 2 Motorola 56F803 DSPs Computer: 4 On-board PCs Floor Clearance: 0.3 m Max. Slope: 100% (at 7 km/h)
References
External links Robotics Research Lab University of Kaiserslautern Official Website of Ravon