Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection
Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University proudly showcases the work of undergraduate honors students by sharing this collection exclusively with the ASU community.
Barrett accepts high performing, academically engaged undergraduate students and works with them in collaboration with all of the other academic units at Arizona State University. All Barrett students complete a thesis or creative project which is an opportunity to explore an intellectual interest and produce an original piece of scholarly research. The thesis or creative project is supervised and defended in front of a faculty committee. Students are able to engage with professors who are nationally recognized in their fields and committed to working with honors students. Completing a Barrett thesis or creative project is an opportunity for undergraduate honors students to contribute to the ASU academic community in a meaningful way.
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A robust autopilot control system for a ground vehicle was designed, fabricated, and implemented on a remote control car. The autopilot system consists of navigation, guidance, and three controller subsystems. The autopilot’s hardware subsystems are an Arduino processor, GPS receiver, 9 DOF inertial measurement system, and an SD card data logger. A complete system simulation was developed and used to verify the integrated design and algorithms, prior to field testing. The simulation results indicated the system performs as designed, with no anomalous behaviors observed. Simulations were also used to assess and verify each of the three controllers’ robustness qualities. The complete hardware system was field tested and verified fully functional against complex mission scenarios. The system performed as designed, with no anomalous behaviors observed. The system performed successfully in the presence of external disturbances (e.g., rocks, holes, dirt piles in the vehicle’s path), which demonstrated and verified the design is robust. Additional robustness testing consisted of doubling the vehicle’s polar moment of inertia and verifying this did not have any adverse effects on system performance. All the planned tasks were completed and the project’s objectives were met.