Project Charter

Generalities:

Project Description:

The purpose of the PathFinder smart vehicle is to offer to public transportation companies and their client a digitalised experience. We aim to do so by offering:

• to drivers:
  • the possibility to control the vehicle from their phone and remotely
  • driving assitance features through sensors
• to passengers:
  • interaction with the bus directly through their phone.

Sensors assist to detect nearby vehicles/obstacles to prevent a collision. The app helps the user to control the vehicle remotely or by being in the vehicle.

Project Goals:

To deliver a software that allows the user to drive the vehicle via an application. The vehicle will interact with the environment and be able to follow manual and automatic instructions.

Project Objectives:

• Decrease the likelihood of accidents involving the vehicle by developing smart driving features
• Facilitate the user’s driving experience by providing the user a useful and easy to use platform to interact with the vehicle
• Be delivered in time - 6th June 2021
• Be delivered with the key deliverables described further down

Key project Deliverables:

• Working software
• User manual
• Final report (post mortem, product evaluation, etc.)

Key Stakeholders:

• Development team
• TAs
• Course responsible (customers)

Summary of Milestone Schedule:

Please refer to the Milestones' page

Project Start and End date:

From the 22/03/2021 to the 6/06/2021

Project Team Members

• Christopher Axt
• Bassam Eldesouki
• Ediz Genc
• Gianmarco Iachella
• Alexandre Rancati-Palmer
• Julia Van Kirk

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Scope Statement:

What will be part of the project:

• An android app interacting with the SmartCar.
• Obstacle avoidance functionalities.
• Manual control of the car through the app.
• Camera functionalities - live feed
• Driver and passenger interfaces

What will not be part of the project:

• Modifying the emulator environment
• Other OS (mobile or desktop) will not be supported
• Database to save user's information

Project Constraints:

• The SmartCar will be emulated through the SMCE emulator (no physical car, emulator limitations).
• The SmartCar in the emulator cannot be modified with other components than the one supported by the emulator.
• The back end development is using the SmartCar library.
• Code sketches in c++ (language used by the SmartCar library).
• The communication between the application and the SmartCar have to use a mqtt protocol
• Use GitHub as the development platform
• Use GitHub’s features for documentation

Project Assumptions:

• User has an android device
• User is technologically proficient enough to use app functionalities (e.g., login)
• User understands english (for the manual and the app)
• The SmartCar in the emulator is behaving like a real SmartCar beside the documented differences (physics and gyroscope for instance)