newsletter September 2018
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A new LiDAR
Text: Viktor Korsnes Foto: https://www.ouster.io/product-os1/
The Driverless project has been able to acquire a new LiDAR. It is like having bad sight and getting a brand new pair of spectacles. A LiDAR is a sensor that sends out laser beams that are reflected off objects and back to the LiDAR. This ensures precise estimates for the object’s position and gives us an accurate view of the world around us. The new LiDAR is worth $12.000 and have 64 channels in which laser beams are sent out. This gives us 1.3 million points of information about the world per second and will allow us to filtrate out relevant information in a better way.
A third fascinating feature of the OS-1-64 is that it is a camera and a LiDAR in one device. It captures both the signal and ambient data in the near infrared, so the data closely resembles visible light images of the same scenes. Hence, we will be able to get data that resembles that of a camera. All of these features will enable us to get even closer to our goal for the upcoming year; top 5 in Formula Student Germany and a mean speed on track drive of 10 m/s. We are now, more than ever, looking forward to having a fast, reliable car at the competitions.
Going driverless again! Text: Martin Berger Foto: foto.samfundet.no
It is the beginning of a new semester. A new study year for students and the beginning of a new project for everyone here at Revolve NTNU. The team is making a new racecar which improve upon last years design. Alongside this we are continuing work on the driverless project which started up last year.
This years team has decided to modify the previous electric racecar, ATMOS, and plan to fit it with the high tech LiDAR systems that we have in our possession. It will also get an improved computer with higher processing power to make our new driverless car able to make descissions faster and then drive faster. With a good foundation of acquired knowledge passed down by the alumni and with things to improve and to build on the prospect of making a fast driverless car have never been better and we shall work hard with our aim set high.
Team 2019 has arrived! Text: Erik Brettingen Johansen
A new team of 65 hand picked, eager students just started on their journey to become world class engineers. After a vigorous recruitment process, only the most eager students can proudly announce their affiliation to Revolve NTNU team 2019. «It was tough to choose between so many good candidates, we hope that the ones that were not able to enter this year will try again next year.» - Marketing manager Erik Brettingen Johansen The team consists of 21 different fields of study, which means we are a very multidiciplinary team. The majority of members still comes from cybernetics and mechanical engineering. This year, the biggest group are those in the fourth year, with a total of 18 representants.
Fotos from FSG: Øyvind Storvik Ingebrigtsen
One of Revolve NTNUs biggest difficulties is that no one are born with the ability to build a racecar. That is why the first two weeks is called ”bootcamp”. This is where the students have to learn as much as possible about their system. What are you going to do, what are the challenges, what worked last year, and what did not? These weeks are also filled with lots of lectures from alumni, giving insights in the different systems for the whole team. Equally important, you learn about the structure and goals of the organisation. Concept review is the final hurdle for our new members, as they are going to present all the new changes they want to make. This is a tough task, as previous members fly in from all around Norway to evaluate and give constructive feedback. It is our internal quality control and saves time as faults are removed earlier in the proccess.
The summer competitions Text: Ă˜yvind Storvik Ingebrigtsen
Summer has everything one can wish for. Fantastic food, good friends and fun outdoor activities. For a Formula student engineer, it also contains racing. This racing season, Revolve decided to go to four competitions. Formula Student East, Austria, Germany and Spain. And what a season it was. We started off with Formula Student East where we won first place in all static competitions and came second in the Driverless category! Then we followed that up by shipping ATMOS down to Austria where we won first place in skid pad! It was already a pretty good season, and then came FS Germany.
Business plan Cost & Manufacturing Engineering Design Static Overall
In Hockenheim, Revolve NTNU made history. Second place overall in the Electric category. FS Germany is notorious for being the hardest and most prestigious engineering competition in the entire world. And here we come from little Norway and the result is second place. In FS Spain we did good by getting second place in the autocross category and third place in endurance! With results like this we can’t wait to see where the next year takes us. Will we be able to repeat our succsess?
Skid Pad Endurance
2nd place Driverless Overall
2nd place Electric Overall 7th place Driverless Overall
Skid Pad
Autocross
Business Plan
Endurance
12th place Electric Overall
4th place Electric Overall