Building a Self-Driving Autonomous Car Model Using the Raspberry Pi Processor and Computer Vision Methods

Abstract

The development of autonomous self-driving vehicles has attracted a lot of attention in the transportation industry recently. The building of a self-driving autonomous automobile model employing a 4B 8GB RAM Raspberry Pi processor and computer vision algorithms is demonstrated in this project. The vehicle has a Raspberry Pi camera in the front for object recognition and an ultrasonic sensor in the back for obstacle recognition. Using image processing methods, the suggested model is capable of detecting objects, lanes, and traffic signals. The vehicle is also capable of making choices depending on the information detected and controlling the vehicle accordingly. Future smart cars that are predicted to be driverless, effective, and crash-avoidant are autonomous vehicles. Automakers have started working in this area to realize the potential and address the issues that are currently present to achieve the desired results. The field of autonomous automation is of interest to researchers and much in this field has been done, of which the present paper has a detailed timeline. This article can help to understand the trends in autonomous vehicle technology for the past, present and future. Since 1920 we see a dramatic change in autonomous vehicle technology when the first radio-controlled vehicles were designed. In subsequent decades, we see fairly autonomous electric cars powered by embedded circuitry on roads. By the 1960s autonomous vehicles with similar Electronic Guide Systems came into the picture. By the 1980s vision guided SC autonomous vehicles was a major step in technology. Various semi-autonomous features introduced in the modem cars such as Laredo, automated braking and adaptive cruise control are based on such systems. The future of autonomous vehicles is extensive network-aided systems in conjunction with vision-driven features. By the advent of the next decade, most companies will launch fully autonomous cars. The autonomous vehicle’s future is an ambitious era of safe and comfortable transportation.