General information
| Team name: |
SmartTrike |
| Institution: | Wageningen University |
| Department: | Farm Technology Group |
| Contact: | Jan Willem Hofstee |
Team details
| Mentors: | Bastiaan Vroegindeweij, Sam Blaauw |
| Members: | Rik Aelfers, Steven van Hell, Bernard Russchen, Roy Raedts, Elianne van Esbroeck |
Robot – basic information
| Web page: | www.robatic.nl | ||
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Dimensions: (W × L × H) |
36x113x55 cm | ||
| Weight: | 40 kg | ||
| Num. of wheels: | 3 | Turning radius: | 30 cm |
| Rain resistance: | Splash proof | ||
Robot – mechanical details
| Drive concept: | Three wheel drive |
| Steering: | Tricycle |
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Robot – electrical details
| Powered by: | 12V and 24 V battery | |||
| Motors: | Maxon DC Engines (90 Watt) | |||
| Controller: | Roboteq AX3500 | |||
| Sensors: | Camera: | 3x Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 | Compass: | Xsens mti-30 |
| Ultrasonic: | 4x SRF08 ultrasonic sensor | Gyroscope: | Xsens mti-30 | |
| Infrared: | - | Accelerometer: | Xsens mti-30 | |
| Laser: | 2x Sick LMS111-10100 | Mechanical: | - | |
| Other: | Arduino Uno | |||
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Communication: |
WiFi, bluetooth | |||
Robot – Software
| Operating system: | Windows 7 |
| Programmed in: | Labview 2013 |
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| Other: |
Robot – Strategy
| 1st task: | With the use of data from the ultrasonic sensors and both laser scanners the rows will be detected. This data will be processed using sensor fusion followed by a PID controller which results in commands for the motor controllers. |
| 2nd task: | Equal to task 1, only a predetermined route will be converted into the correct commands to drive and skip the right rows. |
| 3rd task: | Probably using the laser scanner data and convert it into plant rows, this in combination with odometry and xsens measurements. We will use the information from the cameras to detect the brown plants. |
| Free style: | Collecting ground eggs inside a simulated poultry house and drop them into a cart at a certain location. |
Robot – Investment
| Work hours: | 260 hours per person, thus 1300 totally |
| Components: | 3 cameras, egg collecting device, sick laser scanner and 4 ultrasonic sensors |
| Other: | |
| Sponsored by: | Claas Stiftung, Wageningen University, Steketee, Kverneland |
Problems / Challenges
| Rewriting most of the Labview code to create an universal code that can be applied to any robot with minor adjustments. |
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