Fundamental of self-driving car system and other important components; levels of driving automation, coordinate frames, kinematics, ground vehicle dynamics, sensors forUGVs, state estimation; autopilot control design including drive-by-wire control system (throttle-by-wire, steeringby-wire, brake-by-wire system; cruise speed control, adaptive cruise speed control, lane tracking control, guidance control,path planning, mission control (high-level control).

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

  1. Student will be able to understand the related components and function of selfdriving car, especially autopilot system.
  2. Students will be able to utilize the fundamental knowledge to understand how to apply self-driving technology to ground vehicle.