BIO

I'm Jose Brouwer and I was born in the Dominican Republic. I moved to the United States when I was 15 and I am a Computer Science Major.

Simulating Unmanned Ground Vehicles Traversing Rough Terrain

Abstract

Traversing certain types of terrain with unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) can be an arduous task. Some are not suited to cover certain terrains whatsoever. The project seeks to further develop and simplify the controls of UGVs designed to navigate these rough/inaccessible terrains. Utilizing code and simulations produced by graduate students in the Optimal Robotics Lab, these simulations were optimized to be more user friendly and accessible. These optimizations involved the tweaking and redesign of certain features to reduce the interface complexity. So far, incompatibility issues have prevented major progress from being made towards the goal of optimizing these simulations. Once these issues are solved, progress is expected to be more abundant.

Keywords: Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics