Lanecruise is a retrofittable self-driving kit, turning any vehicle into a self driving car. To make the kit compatible across the most popular vehicles, over 30 popular vehicle model interiors were digitally scanned using photogrammetry and subsequently converted into workable 3D surface geometry to serve as a reference for designing and validating the actuators. In addtion to the surface gemetry collected, force data in the gas, brake, and wheel torque were meticulously measured to ensure motors were correctly sized to be able to actuate the steering wheel and pedals in a safe manner.
The system is controlled by the brain unit, a dashcam that is mounted onto the windshield running a machine learning model trained from data collected from real human driving.
Project Involvement:
Mechanical design and engineering of brake and gas pedal actuators
Electrical engineering of power distribution hub
Design of actuator control board PCB
Firmware implementation of fine motor PID control of brake pedal and wheel controller actuators
Develop proprietary CAN communication protocol
Quality control and longevity testing of actuators
Data collection of surface geometry, and force / torque data of over 30 vehicles
Prototyping and assembly of actuators and brain camera units
In the field testing of highway level 2 self-driving system
