Mountain Path Optimization

Inspiration

The theme of the road trip inspired us to do a map based project

What it does

It tries to take information about the car and find the optimal path from coordinates, whether it be going around the mountain or climbing up it, and applying it to a level curve.

How we built it

For the coding portion we used MatLab and we used as much knowledge as we had in calculus 3 concepts and force related physics.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into issues deciding whether to move from point to point or across a slanted surface as well as lots of complicated math problems that contributed nothing towards the final product.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We figured out how to relate the torque spec of the engine to the resulting torque on the wheels and use that to figure out which slopes on a hill would be too steep for the vehicle to travel up on.

What we learned

We learned the frustrations that come with trying to apply concepts without fully thinking through. Moreover we learned how to use level curves in matlab.

What's next for Mountain Path Optimization

Mostly getting it to function properly because it doesn't actually work when put into a while loop. It works when taking individual coordinates and deciding which direction to go, however when put together it doesn't function.

Built With

• matlab