3D Printed Self Driving Electric Vehicle

With the development in the areas such as high performance graphic processing units (GPU), sensor technologies and artificial networks the goal of self-driving vehicles has never been closer. With the promise of massive decrease in the road accidents, self-driving cars have been the center of attention for the past few years. In this paper we discuss the major components of a self-driving vehicles along with the methodologies required to produce a self-driving vehicle. With the added advent of the 3D printed body our aim is to rapid prototype a 3D printed Electric Vehicle with the goal to test and improve the current self-driving algorithms. The chassis of the car, with an initial body design was simulated and tested along with some basic parameters such as vehicle speed acceleration and traction force. The paper also presents the simulated results of an end-to-end approach to steering vehicle using convolutional neural networks, that would later be the basis of the self-driving algorithm.