tinker-twins/scaled-autonomous-vehicles

Scaled Autonomous Vehicles @ CU-ICAR

Scaled Autonomous Vehicles @ CU-ICAR

This repository is a part of course AuE-8360 "Scaled Autonomous Vehicles" at CU-ICAR (Fall 2023).

Course Description:

AuE-8360: Scaled Autonomous Vehicles, as the name suggests, introduces students to various hardware and software aspects of scaled autonomous vehicles. This course adopts a project-based learning approach, where students work on projects within a larger integrative theme of scaled autonomous vehicles. Projects (to be pursued either individually or in 2-3 person teams) will focus on the development and validation of existing cutting-edge approaches to autonomous perception, planning, control and coordination. This course is handled by Dr. Venkat Krovi, Michelin Endowed SmartState Chair Professor of Vehicle Automation at Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) and director of Automation, Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory (ARMLab).

Group Name:

Tinker Twins: Chinmay Samak and Tanmay Samak are twin brothers, who use "Tinker Twins" as a personal brand (the team's name was therefore decided to reflect the same brand). The twins have come a long way tinkering with various tools and technologies, which has strengthened their scientific knowledge and skills. The duo has worked on various projects ranging from microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to in-orbit space settlements, and almost everything in between. They have a particularly keen interest in the field of robotics and autonomous systems, and are specializing in the field of autonomous vehicles.

Group Members:

Chinmay Samak: I received the B.Tech. degree in Mechatronics Engineering with a gold medal from SRM Institute of Science and Technology in 2021. Having worked on several research projects in the field of autonomous vehicles, complemented with a solid background in mechatronics engineering, I have joined ARMLab at CU-ICAR as a direct Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Dr. Venkat Krovi to pursue focused research in the field of vehicle automation. My research interests lie at the intersection of physics-informed and data-driven methods to bridge the sim2real gap using digital twins. I am contributing towards projects such as VIPR-GS, OpenCAV, AutoDRIVE, F1Tenth and Autoware.

Tanmay Samak: I received the B.Tech. degree in Mechatronics Engineering with a silver medal from SRM Institute of Science and Technology in 2021. Having worked on several research projects in the field of autonomous vehicles, complemented with a solid background in mechatronics engineering, I have joined ARMLab at CU-ICAR as a direct Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Dr. Venkat Krovi to pursue focused research in the field of vehicle automation. My research interests lie at the intersection of real and virtual worlds to create physically and graphically accurate digital twins. I am contributing towards projects such as VIPR-GS, OpenCAV, AutoDRIVE, F1Tenth and Autoware.

Assignments:

• Assignment 1
• Assignment 2
• Assignment 3

Capstone Project:

• Project Proposal
• Project Updates
• Project Media
• Project GitHub
• Project Presentation
• Project Report

YouTube Playlist

Deployment videos pertaining to AutoDRIVE-Autoware Integration are available within the Autoware Playlist on AutoDRIVE Ecosystem's YouTube Channel.

Citation

We encourage you to read and cite the following paper if you use any part of this work for your research:

AutoDRIVE: A Comprehensive, Flexible and Integrated Digital Twin Ecosystem for Enhancing Autonomous Driving Research and Education

@article{AutoDRIVE-Ecosystem-2023,
author = {Samak, Tanmay and Samak, Chinmay and Kandhasamy, Sivanathan and Krovi, Venkat and Xie, Ming},
title = {AutoDRIVE: A Comprehensive, Flexible and Integrated Digital Twin Ecosystem for Autonomous Driving Research & Education},
journal = {Robotics},
volume = {12},
year = {2023},
number = {3},
article-number = {77},
url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/12/3/77},
issn = {2218-6581},
doi = {10.3390/robotics12030077}
}

This work has been published in MDPI Robotics. The open-access publication can be found on MDPI.