UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #893

Submission information
Submission Number: 893
Submission ID: 15091
Submission UUID: d0ec633d-aeb0-46be-9f32-e722480394a5

Created: Mon, 08/19/2024 - 04:08 PM
Completed: Mon, 08/19/2024 - 04:08 PM
Changed: Mon, 08/26/2024 - 02:00 PM

Remote IP address: 73.118.47.207
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

Is draft: No
Primary Research Mentor Name Boluwatife Olabiran
Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns
When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific?
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) bso19a@fsu.edu
Position Title Graduate Student
Faculty Advisor Name Dr. Olugbenga Moses Anubi
Faculty Advisor's FSU Email anubi@eng.famu.fsu.edu
FSU College (if applicable) FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Electrical and Computer Engineering
Headshot (optional)
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above)
Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Pronouns
Research Assistant Supervisor Preferred Honorific?
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated)
Name of Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) (if applicable)
Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Pronouns
Other Faculty/Collaborator(s) Preferred Honorific?
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated)
Title of the Project Real Time Racing of Autonomous Vehicles and Robots
Project Keywords artificial intelligence, ai, self driving cars, robots, sensors, lidar, camera, controls
Are you currently looking for research assistants? Yes
Number of Research Assistants Needed 2
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics
Project Location: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation? FSU Shuttle
Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): Partially Remote
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 10
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? During business hours
Overall Research Project Description This project aims to create a modular platform for autonomous vehicle (self-driving car) research and competitions by incorporating sensors such as LIDARs, cameras, IMUs, etc. with actuators for commanding vehicles. This project incorporates various robotics subsystems, for example perception, localization, controls and artificial intelligence. The algorithms developed will be tested in various environments such as simulation and on real self driving cars of different scales and sizes in urban road conditions and race tracks.

The objectives of this project are:
* Build self-driving robots
* Implement algorithms to drive the robots autonomously
* Test the algorithms in various scenarios

Expected outcomes:
The result of this project will be used for autonomous driving (and racing) research and publications.
Research Tasks Literature review, data collection, model calibration, simulation setup, experimental setup
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Programming knowledge (in Python or C++) required.
Mentoring Philosophy My primary goal as a mentor is to create a pleasant atmosphere for learning and communication. I have learned from experience that the more mentees are excited about the project and are open to communication, the more the mentee can understand.

I would also like to foster an environment where failure is redefined as a stepping stone toward success and not an obstruction of progress. With this in mind, I would like my mentees to respond to failure with excitement so we can collectively fail better, eventually achieving success. Therefore, mentees should feel free to think outside the box, seek alternative solutions, and even try to find better solutions than I can offer so that their experience will be unique to their personalities by the end.
Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable):
Please add any additional information here (if applicable):
Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? No
Roundtable times and Zoom links
Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation Yes
Materials Grant Yes
UROP Poster Presentation Yes
Faculty Advisor Confirmation Yes
Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series? Yes
Year 2024