Control planning project

Projects/ControlPlanning.md

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+# Control Planning
+
+## Active Members
+1. Ray Zou
+
+## Design Review Dates/Timeline
+1. PDR November 3rd
+
+## Introduction
+Control input planning is a vehicle dynamics problem to generate the
+optimal set of vehicle dynamics inputs needed to follow a
+predetermined path. Other projects, such as path planning will already
+generate a path that must be followed. 
+
+## Overview of the Problem
+Using and working with the VD and Simulations team, there will be a
+program that exists that can use 3 degrees of freedom (brake,
+throttle, steering) to estimate the change of position over the next
+given amount of time. Using this simulation and a given path, you must
+identify what inputs are required to follow the given path. 
+
+## Steps in the project
+1. Understand the file format for the given path
+1. Understand the capabilities of the vehicle dynamics simulations
+1. Literature review over methods to follow a line
+1. Design of a control loop
+1. Implementation of input selecting for a short period of time
+1. Optimization
+
+## Suggested direction