title: RAVON
text: # RAVON
  
  RAVON (Robust Autonomous Vehicle for Off-road Navigation) is a robot being developed at the Robotics Research Lab at University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. The vehicle is used as a testbed to investigate behaviour-based strategies on motion adaptation, localization and navigation in rough outdoor terrain. The basis vehicle was produced by Robosoft.
  
  ## Description
  
  The vehicle uses a 3D laser scanner.
  
  The vehicle is an example of using behavior-based components on two layers of a multi-layer control system. It also uses a form of short-term memory to prevent collisions with obstacles that it observed some time ago.
  
  The vehicle was experimentally tested at the 2nd Military European Land Robot Trial 2008.
  
  ## Technical specifications
  
  * Length: 2.35 m
  * Width: 1.4 m
  * Height: 1.2 m
  * Weight: 750 kg
  * Power Supply: 8 spiral cell batteries (12 V, 55 Ah each)
  * Operation Time: about 4 hours
  * Drive: 4WD with four independent electric motors
  * Steering: front and rear wheel steering via linear motors
  * Velocity: 10 km/h max.
  * Controller: 2 Motorola 56F803 DSPs
  * Computer: 4 On-board PCs
  * Floor Clearance: 0.3 m
  * Max. Slope: 100% (at 7 km/h)
  