Review and design of environmental smart detector for autonomous vehicle in urban traffic

Abstract

This paper discusses the design and proposed system of autonomous vehicle’s detector using ultrasonic array, including the reviews of previous studies. Due to the autonomous, the vehicle has to know its environment of front, rear or side positions. The design places three sensors in front, four sensors in left and right side, two sensor in rear. The front and rear sensors can adapt to vehicle speed in order to increase or decrease range detection to avoid collision. All sensors are controlled by Arduino microcontroller and artificial neural network algorithm. In this research, two types of MaxSonar ultrasonic sensor are used due to its long distance range. This system is being implemented to urban traffic in about 40 km/h maximum speed.This paper discusses the design and proposed system of autonomous vehicle’s detector using ultrasonic array, including the reviews of previous studies. Due to the autonomous, the vehicle has to know its environment of front, rear or side positions. The design places three sensors in front, four sensors in left and right side, two sensor in rear. The front and rear sensors can adapt to vehicle speed in order to increase or decrease range detection to avoid collision. All sensors are controlled by Arduino microcontroller and artificial neural network algorithm. In this research, two types of MaxSonar ultrasonic sensor are used due to its long distance range. This system is being implemented to urban traffic in about 40 km/h maximum speed.