Phythian, Mark W. (2002) Autonomous agricultural robot. In: Bradbeer, Robin and Billingsley, John, (eds.) Mechatronics and machine vision 2002: current practice. Research Studies Press, Baldock, Hertfordshire, England, pp. 237-244. ISBN 0863802788
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Abstract
The automation of agricultural machinery in Australia has tended towards refining the operation of existing equipment including tilling, spraying and harvesting tasks. Little effort has been focused on developing an alternative to some of the labour intensive tasks, such as weed chipping, spot spraying and crop monitoring. It is proposed that an autonomous agricultural robot, utilising recent developments in machine vision and global position system (GPS) navigation, would provide a cost effective alternative to a hired hand for such repetitive tasks. This paper presents the design and currently status of a robotic platform for row crop tending currently under development at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Details presented include the configuration of the prototype platform, control and drive systems. an overview of the navigation model and the low cost of GPS receivers and vision systems.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter (Commonwealth Reporting Category B) |
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| Additional Information: | Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice. Made accessible with permission. Print copy held in USQ Library at call no. 629.89 Mec. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Kalman algorithm, GPS navigation, vision |
| Fields of Research (FOR2008): | 09 Engineering > 0913 Mechanical Engineering > 091302 Automation and Control Engineering |
| Subjects: | 290000 Engineering and Technology > 290500 Mechanical and Industrial Engineering > 290501 Mechanical Engineering |
| Socio-Economic Objective (SEO2008): | UNSPECIFIED |
| ID Code: | 4604 |
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| Deposited On: | 24 Oct 2008 22:40 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2010 22:58 |
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