Design of an Autonomous Precision Pollination Robot
Design of an Autonomous Precision Pollination Robot
著者: Nicholas Ohi, Kyle Lassak, Ryan Watson, Jared Strader, Yixin Du, Chizhao Yang, Gabrielle Hedrick, Jennifer Nguyen, Scott Harper, Dylan Reynolds, Cagri Kilic, Jacob Hikes, Sarah Mills, Conner Castle, Benjamin Buzzo, Nicole Waterland, Jason Gross, Yong-Lak Park, Xin Li, Yu Gu
分類: cs.RO
原文アブストラクト
Precision robotic pollination systems can not only fill the gap of declining natural pollinators, but can also surpass them in efficiency and uniformity, helping to feed the fast-growing human population on Earth. This paper presents the design and ongoing development of an autonomous robot named "BrambleBee", which aims at pollinating bramble plants in a greenhouse environment. Partially inspired by the ecology and behavior of bees, BrambleBee employs state-of-the-art localization and mapping, visual perception, path planning, motion control, and manipulation techniques to create an efficient and robust autonomous pollination system.