Autonomous Shopping Cart
Francesca Hudnall-Saez, Leo Doussot, Dmitriy Rybachenko
School of Engineering
Faculty Supervisor: George Anwar
The DLF autonomous shopping cart aims to reduce the time people spend searching for products in the grocery store. Specifically, the cart must navigate autonomously, find the items based on user input, and handle dynamic obstacles. Integration with Amazon’s Dash Cart GUI and other in-store systems (like the camera surveillance system) is essential for the cart’s functionality. The cart must autonomously navigate to products, generate optimal paths, avoid obstacles, and react to changing conditions. The DLF cart is a modified shopping cart designed for autonomous navigation using a combination of mechanical, electrical, and control system modifications. The cart integrates with Amazon grocery stores’ existing infrastructure, utilizing Amazon’s product database and camera-based surveillance system for position tracking. This section will describe the key mechanical, electrical, and control system components and modifications in detail.