Effects of using multiple sensors to guide an autonomous vehicle

Sammanfattning: This thesis aims to discover how well a combination of a mo- tion camera and an ultrasonic sensor performs compared to a solely motion camera guided motor-vehicle-system. The main purpose is to prove that a smart vehicle with sensors can follow a radio controlled vehicle, while maintaining ba- sic functionalities such as steering and throttle, with the constraint of rear-end collision avoidance. The thesis will show through small scale tests, if a vehicle in a highway situation can follow another vehicle in a safe and controlled fashion, using proposed sensors. We assume the work pre- sented in this thesis can also be a proof of concept for pla- tooning. The functionality of the proposed system is valid under regulations provided by Trafikverket. These conditions where replicated in a small scale test en- vironment and resulted in that using another sensor made the system able to follow closer and avoid bumping into the car in front.