SPR-4702: Autonomous Mower Pilot Project

This project will help INDOT take initial steps to autonomous roadside mowing by achieving the following three main objectives: (1) Collection of machine data using current machines with human operators. (2) Autonomous algorithm generation and virtual simulation. (3) Physical algorithm validation on an autonomous trimming platform.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $325000
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-4702

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Evans, John

  Shaver, Gregory

• Start Date: 20220801
• Expected Completion Date: 20241231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Mowers; Roadside
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01858513
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-4702
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 21 2022 2:24PM