Rapid Autonomous Buggy Intended for Track

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An RC-Car with an Intel Edison for guts that can autonomously pace runners around a track

Keenan Rebera

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Built a (Laughable) Prototype out of Legos
09/09/2016 at 16:13 • 0 comments

Well, I made a car. It has motors and can steer, and has a brain.
It moves slower than a hermit crab, though. Here is the full report:
https://returnzeero.wordpress.com/2016/06/02/i-made-a-car-that-doesnt-work/
PUMA Beat me to it
05/07/2016 at 18:49 • 0 comments

So it seems that PUMA has beat me to it. However, their bot seems to run with an array of light sensors, so it's really just a high-performance line following robot.
I want to do something better. I want to build a system that can be easily modified for any track. I want to build something cheaper, and open source.
Challenge accepted, PUMA. Challenge accepted.
I also did more research into these types of builds, and it looks like I can get some type of Sensored Brushless motor that I can use in tandem with the ESC to tell how fast the car is traveling at all times. I would use the steering servo with this to do some kind of rudimentary integration based on a curve offset. Here's a great article that I think will be the key to unlocking the kind of behavior I'm looking for: