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This project will create a realistic intersection simulation environment and use cutting-edge technology to design and implement it and analyze traffic data to improve its accuracy. Additionally, students will train an in-vehicle AI agent to interact with drivers and test its performance in different situations. Using a VR headset and remote control car with a first-person view camera, you’ll gain valuable insights into the capabilities and limitations of advanced AI agents.
Hello 👋 and welcome to our page for our Research Project at WINLAB summer 2023! We are a passionate team of highly motivated students looking to make a meaningful impact and cultivate our knowledge. We have weekly team meetings on Mondays 12:00pm E.S.T and work with the Testing Vehicular AI Agent research team. We also have weekly presentations on Thursdays 2:00pm E.S.T to showcase our project milestones and achievements.
}}} {{{#!htmlDuring the first week, We engaged in various activities to set the foundation for our research project. We came together and hold introductory meetings to foster collaboration and establish a common goal. We introduced ourselves, shared our backgrounds, and discussed our areas of expertise. We have reviewed and scoped the research goals and objectives. We identified the research questions and determined the specific outcomes we aim to achieve.
In addition, we explored the existing literature space and conducted initial research to gather relevant information and insights related to our research project. We delved into previous studies, scholarly articles, and other resources to understand the current state of knowledge in our research area.
Overall, the first week involved team introductions, goal clarification, literature review, scheduling, and establishing research protocols to lay the groundwork for a productive and successful research project.
During the second week, we started to refine the scope of the research project. We have also attended daily workshops to learn about various technologies, such as Linux, Python, ROS, etc. These workshop were highly relevant to our research project, especially when learning about the Python API that we will be using to interact with the Carla simulation. Because of the Introduction to Linux workshops, we have learned about the Orbit Lab and explored the use cases. We hope to be able to leverage the computing power on the nodes to run the CARLA simulator and train and/or finetune models.
We have attempted to set up CARLA simulator on our own personal laptops. Setting up CARLA simulator on our own machines did not come without challenges. Not all of our machines had the capabilities or compute power to run the CARLA simulator. The dependencies to run CARLA simulator is strict with versioning and not all of us had the correct versions for the dependencies (e.g. There is currently no support for Python 3.10 or later). After a team huddle, we were able to access the main computer at WINLAB with a simulated driving setup / rig and ran CARLA simulator. Upon running the CARLA Simulator, we explored the many sensors in CARLA. We have experimented with data collection and data visualization.
Once we became familar with the CARLA architecture, we began to brainstorm our data collection process. We planned to use PostgreSQL as our database for storing sensor data, along with a REST API.
The first image shows CARLA Logo (Source: CARLA Page). The second image shows the rig / setup of the main computer for running CARLA simulator (Source: [Poster Abstract: Multi-sensor Fusion for In-cabin Vehicular Sensing Applications]).
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