Opportunities and Challenges of Machine Vision for Navigation and Obstacle Detection in Autonomous Ground Vehicles
G. D. Suriya Prasath1, M. K. Rahgul Poopathi2, Swaroop Balaji3, H. Sridhar4, S. Santhosh5

1G. D. Suriya Prasath, UG Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), India.
2M. K. Rahgul Poopathi, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), India.
3Swaroop Balaji, UG Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), India.
4H. Sridhar, UG Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), India.
5S. Santhosh, UG Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 22 August 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 11 September 2019 | Manuscript Published on 17 September 2019 | PP: 1598-1601 | Volume-8 Issue-2S8 August 2019 | Retrieval Number: B11120882S819/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B1112.0882S819
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Abstract: Autonomous vehicles are the future of transport and also it is expected to become a fully-fledged reality within a decade. All the major giants in the automotive industry are hard pressing their transition from conventional vehicle to autonomous vehicles. The state of Karnataka, for instance, had approximately 205,200 registered taxis higher than Madhya Pradesh 174,900 registered cabs from 2014 to 2015. This presents a great deal of opportunities for autonomous cars and need for technologies. Autonomous cars reduces the accidents rate, stress free parking, saves time, reduces traffic congestion, improve fuel economy etc. It is so sophisticated to the level of easy prediction of physical objects, behavioural elements such as driving speed limits and driving rules between the physical world and its map. Autonomous vehicle have grown to an extent of updating its own information and also based on the cloud, benefitting the systems of all other cars on the network. Machine vision is the most crucial aspect which gives the autonomous vehicles the knowledge of its surrounding. This paper deals with the different approaches of machine vision that helps the vehicle in lane and obstacle detections. Few methods of obstacle detection like Single Object Detection and tracking (SODT) and Multiple Object Detection and tracking (MODT) are compared and contrasted in this paper. Despite the enormous advantages, there are still some challenges of autonomous which needs to be addressed. The challenges that the field will face, especially in relevance with India, along with the suggestion for improvement is also discussed.
Keywords: Machine Vision Autonomous Transport Industry.
Scope of the Article: Machine Design