Mechatronic Description of a Laser Autoguided Vehicle for Greenhouse Operations
This paper presents a novel approach for guiding mobile robots inside greenhouses demonstrated by promising preliminary physical experiments. It represents a comprehensive attempt to use the successful principles of AGVs (auto-guided vehicles) inside greenhouses, but avoiding the necessity of modify...
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| author | Sánchez-Hermosilla López, Julián González Sánchez, Ramón Rodríguez Díaz, Francisco García Donaire, Julián |
| author_facet | Sánchez-Hermosilla López, Julián González Sánchez, Ramón Rodríguez Díaz, Francisco García Donaire, Julián |
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| description | This paper presents a novel approach for guiding mobile robots inside greenhouses demonstrated by promising preliminary physical experiments. It represents a comprehensive attempt to use the successful principles of AGVs (auto-guided vehicles) inside greenhouses, but avoiding the necessity of modifying the crop layout, and avoiding having to bury metallic pipes in the greenhouse floor. The designed vehicle can operate different tools, e.g., a spray system for applying plant-protection product, a lifting platform to reach the top part of the plants to perform pruning and harvesting tasks, and a trailer to transport fruits, plants, and crop waste. Regarding autonomous navigation, it follows the idea of AGVs, but now laser emitters are used to mark the desired route. The vehicle development is analyzed from a mechatronic standpoint (mechanics, electronics, and autonomous control). |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-73832023-04-12T19:26:32Z Mechatronic Description of a Laser Autoguided Vehicle for Greenhouse Operations Sánchez-Hermosilla López, Julián González Sánchez, Ramón Rodríguez Díaz, Francisco García Donaire, Julián agricultural robot greenhouse autonomous vehicle navigation computer vision This paper presents a novel approach for guiding mobile robots inside greenhouses demonstrated by promising preliminary physical experiments. It represents a comprehensive attempt to use the successful principles of AGVs (auto-guided vehicles) inside greenhouses, but avoiding the necessity of modifying the crop layout, and avoiding having to bury metallic pipes in the greenhouse floor. The designed vehicle can operate different tools, e.g., a spray system for applying plant-protection product, a lifting platform to reach the top part of the plants to perform pruning and harvesting tasks, and a trailer to transport fruits, plants, and crop waste. Regarding autonomous navigation, it follows the idea of AGVs, but now laser emitters are used to mark the desired route. The vehicle development is analyzed from a mechatronic standpoint (mechanics, electronics, and autonomous control). 2020-01-16T11:31:41Z 2020-01-16T11:31:41Z 2013-01-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1424-8220 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7383 en https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/1/769 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | agricultural robot greenhouse autonomous vehicle navigation computer vision Sánchez-Hermosilla López, Julián González Sánchez, Ramón Rodríguez Díaz, Francisco García Donaire, Julián Mechatronic Description of a Laser Autoguided Vehicle for Greenhouse Operations |
| title | Mechatronic Description of a Laser Autoguided Vehicle for Greenhouse Operations |
| title_full | Mechatronic Description of a Laser Autoguided Vehicle for Greenhouse Operations |
| title_fullStr | Mechatronic Description of a Laser Autoguided Vehicle for Greenhouse Operations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechatronic Description of a Laser Autoguided Vehicle for Greenhouse Operations |
| title_short | Mechatronic Description of a Laser Autoguided Vehicle for Greenhouse Operations |
| title_sort | mechatronic description of a laser autoguided vehicle for greenhouse operations |
| topic | agricultural robot greenhouse autonomous vehicle navigation computer vision |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7383 |
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