ABSTRACT
This paper presents a conversion of an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) into a wire
controlled Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV). The vehicle selected was the Kazuma
Gator 250 ATV and the control panel used to communicate with the UGV was a sixchannel
wired communication. To convert a conventional vehicle into a UGV, four
modules needed to be actuated electrically; the accelerator, the steering, the braking
and the shifting. The present work illustrates the steps to make such a conversion
given two main constraints. The first is not to alter the outer shape and dimensions of
the original light vehicle. The second constraint is not to affect the original
arrangement of the vehicle controls so that the actuators could be dismantled easily
and allows for the normal operation of the vehicle. The deliverable of the work must
contain a labeled harness to facilitate further conversion of the wire controlled UGV
into a wireless controlled UGV.