Current Projects
Building the next generation of autonomous systems
IGVC building our frame peice by peice
Motorized Tank Tread Sides Of IGVC
IGVC Project Track
This project track prepares AVL members for autonomous competition workflows, including navigation stack integration, test-course tuning, and repeated field validation. Teams run iterative design sprints to improve reliability and handoff across hardware and software subteams.
Members contribute to documentation, simulation baselines, and physical testing checkpoints to keep the platform competition-ready throughout each cycle.
Focus Areas
- Competition system integration
- Autonomous navigation testing
- Sensor calibration and validation
- Team-based engineering workflows
AVL-002 Front Panel controlling stearing
AVL-002 Parked & Posing
AVL-002 (AV2)
AV2 is the lab's baseline autonomous platform for repeated integration of perception, planning, and low-level controls. The project emphasizes stable software deployment, reproducible experiments, and robust behavior in campus-like environments.
Current work includes improving sensor fusion quality, refining control smoothness, and expanding scenario coverage for day/night driving conditions.
Focus Areas
- Perception and planning pipeline hardening
- ROS2 deployment and diagnostics
- Data logging and experiment tracking
- Closed-loop autonomy validation
IHerb Robot taken apart to its most basic parts
IHerb's Everywhere
iHerb Mobile Robot
This project explores a practical autonomous mobile robot workflow for structured indoor environments. The team is prototyping navigation behaviors, obstacle handling logic, and fleet-style operation concepts to support repeatable autonomous tasks.
Development is focused on safety-first operation, maintainable software interfaces, and system reliability under day-to-day use conditions.
Focus Areas
- AMR navigation and localization
- Safety and failover behavior design
- Operational testing for repetitive tasks
- Human-robot workflow integration
