Exia Labs · Robotics Engineer
Robotics Engineer · Exia Labs
Overview
Argus is an unmanned ground vehicle built on a Suzuki King Quad 450 base. The platform fuses a Velodyne VLP-32C LiDAR and camera data to map its surroundings and navigate to user-defined waypoints. Steering, braking, and throttle are all handled by custom printed and machined parts purpose-built for the King Quad.
How It Works
An Nvidia Jetson Orin handles all compute, running a ROS-based navigation stack with SLAM-based mapping and path planning. The Velodyne VLP-32C provides dense 3D point clouds for precise spatial awareness. Custom designed and machined mechanical actuators control steering, brake, and throttle, integrating directly into the King Quad.
Sensor Stack
Results
Beat over 100 teams internationally, won $25,000, and flew out to Germany to demo the vehicle. Skipped 3 weeks of school for it.