Obstacle & Lane Detection and Local Path Planning for IGVC Robotic Vehicles Using Stereo Vision

A robotic car, also known as a driverless or self-driving car, is an autonomous vehicle capable of sensing its environment and navigating itself without human input. Robotic cars exist mainly as prototypes and demonstration systems, but are likely to become more widespread in the near future. Usually, autonomous vehicles sense their surroundings for lane detection and obstacle avoidance with radar, 2D LIDAR, 3D LIDAR, and camera sensors.