Agricultural Robotics 3.0

Mentor(s):

Dr. Leonardo Bobadilla

Product Owner(s):

Dr. Leonardo Bobadilla

Instructor:

Dr. Masoud Sadjadi

Description:

Agricultural Robotics version 3.0 is a software application designed to incorporate features that provide useful data and feedback for agricultural research and analysis. The current versions goal is to develop an interface between the drone and drone operator that will allow aerial coverage of specific map regions for analysis. The drone operator would select a particular region of interest that requires research, and the drone will successfully navigate the region. During navigation the drone will scan the region, using sensor feedback and computer vision algorithms, to detect different types of fruit. Statistics of these fruit such as size, color, and their number, are uploaded to a database. Analysis of these statistics over time would ultimately reveal characteristic changes in fruit development (i.e. growth, health, yield). The data analyzed would be provided to the drone operator in reports and visual data (e.g. thermal mapping).