Autonomous Self-Following Cart
Carrying heavy gear across campsites, warehouses, or shopping areas is physically demanding — and existing electric carts still require manual steering with no obstacle avoidance or person-following capability.
Designed and built a vision + UWB sensor fusion mobile robot that autonomously follows a user while avoiding obstacles in real-time, integrating OAK-D perception, ROS2-based control, and differential drive motor control into a complete working prototype.
Working prototype achieved real-time person tracking, autonomous following at walking speed, and depth-based obstacle avoidance — full hardware + software integration from perception through planning to motor control.