Ground speed measuring system for autonomous vehicles

In this paper a Ground Speed Measuring System which can measure the ground speed over the ground in three dimensions is proposed. The system uses two Kalman filters to compute the final ground speed based on the readings from its various sensors. The proposed solution combines state of the art techniques from different fields of sensor technology and will be incorporated into the high-performance driverless vehicle after completion of this project. The findings and learnings of developing this system are discussed and an evaluation of the module is presented. In the end, the system can accurately estimate a test vehicle’s ground speed during system field tests