Christian Frese, Christian Frey, Felix Meßmer, Kai Pfeiffer,
Slawomir Sander, Daniel Di Marco, Maximilian Wenger, Amos Albert, Manuel Wopfner, Alexander Burkhardt, Siegfried Hochdorfer, Matthias Bittner, Johannes Bosch, and Matthias Strobel
AgriApps –
An App-based Solution for Field-Robot-Based Agriculture
Abstract:
Today agriculture has to deal with an increasing cost pressure. Innovative Field-Robot-Based solutions can help to handle this challenge. Until now, such systems are not profitable and technically mature for commercial use.
In the project AgriApps these issues are addressed. An application based system is developed where a carrier platform can be equipped with different apps. This allows the usage of the system throughout the year to handle different tasks. Thus such a system is profitable for end users. To evaluate the developed concepts. an app for mechanical weed control in special cultures was developed. It consists of a multi-sensor setup for plants and weed detection and a manipulator for digging the soil around the plants. This not only removes the weed but also provides better water absorption for the plants. The app is finally tested on the BoniRob platform, which is the reference platform in this project.
A novelty and major contribution of the project is the general definition and specification of the interface between robot and the apps, which covers mechanical and electrical issues as well as the information flow, static and dynamic working area descriptions and energy demand management. The general approach of the interface specification is not limited on robotics, especially it can be transferred to working implements on mobile machinery.
Bibtex:
@article{frese2015vdi,
title={AgriApps –
An App-based Solution for Field-Robot-Based Agriculture },
author={ Frese, C and Frey, C and Meßmer, F and Pfeiffer, K and Sander, S and Di Marco, D and Wenger, M and Albert, A and Wopfner, M and Burkhardt, A and Hochdorfer, S and Bittner, M and Bosch, J and Strobel, M},
journal={Proc. Agricultural Engieering, Landtechnik AgEng},
year={2015}
}
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