Bridging the Sim-to-Real Gap: Modular RC-Car Platform for End-to-End Imitation Learning and Edge AI
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| 245 | 1 | |a Bridging the Sim-to-Real Gap: Modular RC-Car Platform for End-to-End Imitation Learning and Edge AI | |
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| 520 | 3 | |a This thesis presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a low-cost, real-world autonomous driving platform that leverages imitation learning and edge AI for end-to-end vehicle control. The system is constructed on a modified Traxxas RC car chassis and integrates an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano as the primary computation unit. A stereo RGB-D camera is employed to capture environmental observations, while synchronized pulse-width modulation (PWM) signals are recorded during expert teleoperation to serve as ground truth for training.A behavior cloning framework based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) is developed to map raw stereo images to throttle and steering commands. The model is trained using time-aligned image-action pairs and deployed on the embedded platform for real-time inference. A fully integrated data logging and replay pipeline enables precise validation of control fidelity, facilitating trajectory-level evaluation.Extensive experiments are conducted to assess system performance across three domains: offline prediction accuracy, consistency of replay signals, and real-time open-loop behavior. Failure case analysis highlights the challenges posed by dynamic lighting and distributional shift, motivating future research on data augmentation, feedback control, and multi-modal fusion.The proposed platform offers a reproducible and extensible testbed for evaluating learning-based control algorithms in real-world settings, effectively bridging the gap between simulation and physical deployment. Its modular architecture, cost-efficiency, and empirical rigor make it well-suited for autonomous driving research, education, and rapid algorithm prototyping. | |
| 653 | |a Computer engineering | ||
| 653 | |a Electrical engineering | ||
| 653 | |a Robotics | ||
| 653 | |a Computer science | ||
| 653 | |a Artificial intelligence | ||
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