TUNGA — Unmanned Ground Vehicle
A tracked unmanned ground vehicle that moves safely over rough terrain, either under operator control or on its own. We placed 2nd in Turkey at the TEKNOFEST 2026 Unmanned Ground Vehicle Competition.
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Completing a competition course of ramps, obstacles, narrow corridors, sign reading and target tasks with a single vehicle and a single software stack. The vehicle must perceive its surroundings reliably in changing light and on dusty ground, the operator must be able to take over at any moment, and no software fault may leave it unsafe.
Approach
TUNGA has a clear division of labour: one computer handles driving, mission management and the turret, the other perception with a 360° lidar and a stereo camera. Autonomous driving combines path planning with our own corridor driver. Propulsion runs on separate microcontrollers, and hardware always has the final say: emergency stop, an autonomy switch on the remote, a communication timeout and an independent watchdog. The operator follows live cameras, the map and system health from the vehicle's web console.
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Highlights
TEKNOFEST 2026 · Şanlıurfa
2nd place in the Unmanned Ground Vehicle Competition — five places up from 7th in 2025.
Perception
Mapping, obstacle, sign and target detection with lidar and a stereo camera.
Safety first
Whatever the software does, hardware has the last word — emergency stop and watchdogs are always active.
Team
Media and prototypes
TEKNOFEST 2026 Şanlıurfa — the course, our stand and the team.