Status: IN_PROGRESS Year: 2026
YUVAAN Semi-Autonomous Rover
YUVAAN represents the flagship robotics project of the Kalam Robotics Society. Designed and fabricated in-house at IILM University, the rover integrates a rock-bogie-inspired mobility chassis with a sensor fusion perception stack for semi-autonomous terrain traversal and hazard avoidance.
Autonomous RoboticsComputer VisionEmbedded SystemsROS2
Hardware Architecture & Mechatronics
- •High-torque planetary gear motors with optical quadrature encoders
- •Dual stereoscopic depth cameras for real-time visual odometry
- •Custom power distribution PCB with dual-rail voltage regulation and telemetry
- •Solid-state IMU with Kalman filter fusion for pitch/roll compensation
Software Perception & Kinematics
- •ROS2 Humble architecture with distributed node topology
- •Nav2 2D/3D costmap generation and dynamic obstacle avoidance
- •Low-latency WebRTC teleoperation control panel
- •Real-time edge object detection pipeline running on onboard accelerator
Empirical Validation & Field Trials
Tested Operational Benchmarks
Successfully demonstrated waypoint navigation, autonomous obstacle avoidance in unstructured environments, and 45-minute continuous mission endurance.
Integrated Technologies & Stacks
ROS2 HumblePythonC++Nav2Stereo Depth CamerasSTM32Custom 4-Layer PCB