Design of Lane Detecting and Following Autonomous Robot

Abstract

This paper presents a robot which is designed to autonomously navigate through a track by detecting lanes and centering itself between them by using a camera. We are proposing basic and easy algorithm for tracking and detecting lanes without considering any cameras' parameters. The car detects lanes through image input from a camera mounted at its front. All computations based on data from camera are handled by Laptop which is carried by car. The car controlling part is carried by ATmega8 microcontroller. Object tracking algorithms based on color, shape is used for tracking lanes. Based on the information retrieved, data/signals will be transferred to the controller, which will control the movement of motor. This project uses OpenCV library for digital image processing under LINUX environment.