Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicle systems consist of vehicles functioning with no human operator onboard. The unmanned vehicles can be remotely controlled or guided, or autonomous vehicles capable of self-navigation based on detected environmental factors.
The systems are valuable in many scenarios in which it may be dangerous, inconvenient, or impractical to have a human operator present. Vehicles are outfitted with sensors to detect environmental conditions, and either autonomously operate in response, or feed gathered information back to a central or remote operator who then applies vehicle control accordingly through a command transmission system.
The initial goal of UGV systems was to equip off-road vehicles with computer-controlled unmanned operability, including integrated remote control systems; on-road and off-road navigation; detection capability; and route planning algorithms, all in addition to standard mobility.
ADLINK Solution: MXC-6000 Series Powerful Intel® Core™ i7 Processor-based Fanless Expandable Embedded Computer with PCI/PCIe Slots
ADLINK's high performance MXC-6000 fanless computer proves to be the ideal platform for these in-vehicle systems. With a wide range of input power options and built-in resilience, the MXC-6000 more than fulfils the application's specific requirements. PCI/PCIe expansion slots allow installation of a variety of PCI, PCIe add-on cards and a rich I/O front panel connectivity supports UGV needs to accommodate vision card, camera, navigation node, vehicle control node via GbE Ethernet ports, COM ports, and USB ports.
