Designing BAJA All-Terrain Vehicles with MATLAB and Simulink

Overview

In this live session, you will learn how MATLAB and Simulink can be used to develop All-Terrain Vehicles. Akshat Kasana from Team Kshatriya, VIT, Vellore will demonstrate a Four-Wheel Drive all-terrain vehicle model using Simscape. Further, he will talk about the model the team developed for the iteration of Ackerman steering. Finally, you will learn how to model an electric all-terrain vehicle (ATV). You can use this model as a reference for optimizing ATV parameters, performing brake tests, running the ATV on uneven surfaces, and calculating the state of charge of the battery.

Highlights

• Modeling a four-wheel drive powertrain
• Iterating Ackerman steering
• Simulating electric all-terrain vehicle
• Estimating vehicle parameters

About the Presenters

Akshat Kasana

Akshat is pursuing his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Vellore Institute of Technology. He is the captain of Team Kshatriya. Before taking the position as a captain, Akshat served as vehicle dynamics engineer at Team Kshatriya.

Dr. Veer Alakshendra

Veer is a senior technical evangelist at MathWorks India. He focuses on working with student teams in the adoption of MATLAB^® and Simulink^® in automotive and robotics competitions. While pursuing his Ph.D. from VNIT Nagpur in robotics, he primarily focused on kinematics, dynamics, control design, vibration, and optimization. Veer holds a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering from the Aeronautical Society of India and a master's degree in mechatronics from NITK Surathkal.