DocumentCode :
128690
Title :
GPS guided farm mapping and waypoint tracking mobile robotic system
Author :
Liqiong Tang ; Abplanalp, Phillip
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Adv. Technol., Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand
fYear :
2014
fDate :
9-11 June 2014
Firstpage :
1676
Lastpage :
1681
Abstract :
With the rapid development of automated farm facilities such as auto-weather report, crops growing monitoring, soil testing, animal health tracking, milking etc. a future-focused autonomous real time farm environment monitoring mobile robot platform is in need. Such a system will provide a base for integrating automated farm tools and facilities and maximize the use of modern farm technologies. This research developed an economic GPS guided farm mobile system with the vision for future system expansion. A physical testing model has been built that consists of four major units, i.e. navigation system, communication unit, control system, and mechanical platform. These four units have been successfully integrated as a GPS guided farm mobile robotic system that is capable of mapping and re-tracking field boundaries. It can also be taught by moving the robot around the farm or the perimeter of a paddock to learn the size and shape and gain the environment information for the robot to perform its tasks in later stage. The system provides potentials for further development that could bring more significant contributions to intelligent farming machines and agricultural automation.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; agricultural machinery; agriculture; crops; mobile robots; path planning; real-time systems; GPS guided farm mapping; GPS guided farm mobile robotic system; agricultural automation; animal health tracking; auto-weather report; automated farm facilities; automated farm tools; communication unit; control system; crops growing monitoring; economic GPS guided farm mobile system; future-focused autonomous real time farm environment monitoring; intelligent farming machines; mechanical platform; milking; mobile robot platform; modern farm technologies; navigation system; physical testing model; soil testing; system expansion; waypoint tracking; Compass; Global Positioning System; Microcontrollers; Mobile communication; Robot kinematics; Sensors; GPS guided system; Microcontroller; mobile farm robot;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), 2014 IEEE 9th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4316-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICIEA.2014.6931437
Filename :
6931437
Link To Document :
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