Control system development of an autonomous surface vehicle

The aim of this project is to design and develop a control system of an autonomous surface vehicle to compete in the Maritime RobotX Challenge. The author is to understand and be familiar with Maritime RobotX Challenge requirement for each individual task and proceeds with the selection of hardware and devices to allow the autonomous surface vehicle to have the capability to perform these tasks. The author is to select of hardware which includes the propulsion system module, localization and navigation module and the object detection module. During the selection of each module, the author is to also understand the working principle behind each component to gain better insight on how the component could be implemented on the autonomous surface vehicle and come out with an overall system block diagram.After the selection of each component, the author begins to test the component. Program were written and modified to meet the requirement of the task for each individual component. Conceptual idea on the implementation of each component was also discuss in the report. Further discussion was also made to explain the next phase of the project.Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering