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Create a new device that is meant purely for creating sandwiches in Subway style (i.e. with ingredient picker).
Create a new device that is meant purely for creating sandwiches in Subway style (i.e. with ingredient picker).
==Notes meeting 1==
Goal: Create a demo in which a robotic system is able to detect ripe strawberries and harvest them effectively.
Subsystems:
Robotic arm
Machine Vision/Learning
Requirements for presentation:
-USE needs (Yannick + Raomi Team Awesome)
-Scientific literature -> EU projects -> How to go beyond? (Cameron)
-Requirements
--Moving to A to B along a fixed axis
--Cutting fruit
--Sensing for ripeness
--Ambient sensing
--Locating fruit
--Collecting/Handling fruit effectively
-Idea/Solution to the problem
--Moving to A to B along a fixed axis
Fixed railing
Cable
Treads for conveying
4-wheel/2-wheel drive
Yo-yo
--Cutting fruit
Scissors
Custom cutting mechanism
Laser cutting
Sharp knife (fruit ninja)
--Sensing for ripeness
Kinect
Color sensor
pH sensor
Force sensor
Machine learning ripeness
--Ambient sensing
Temperature sensor
Humidity
Air pressure
Sunlight exposure
--Locating fruit
Kinect for depth map
"Feel" for fruit
--Collecting/Handling fruit effectively
Basket collection
Soft packaging
Grip from stem
-Plan of approach

Revision as of 13:22, 21 April 2016

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Group 2 members

  • Cameron Weibel
  • Maarten Visscher (0888263)
  • Raomi
  • Birgit
  • Mark de Jong
  • Yannick Augustijn (0856560)

Project ideas

Agritech automation

Links about agritech:

MIT Food Computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEx6K4P4GJc

Dickson Despommier on the vertical farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIdP00u2KRA

Agriculture is the fastest growing robotic sector: http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1329273

Japanese firm to open world’s first robot-run farm: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/01/japanese-firm-to-open-worlds-first-robot-run-farm

Aeroponics (we most likely won’t use this as an irrigation method): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroponics

Polyculture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyculture

Why to avoid monoculture: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/agriculture_02

LED lights for imitating sunlight: http://www.gereports.com/post/105532612260/the-future-of-agriculture-indoor-farms-powered-by/

Amigo sandwich baker

Make Amigo able to make sandwiches.

Standalone sandwich baker

Create a new device that is meant purely for creating sandwiches in Subway style (i.e. with ingredient picker).

Notes meeting 1

Goal: Create a demo in which a robotic system is able to detect ripe strawberries and harvest them effectively.

Subsystems: Robotic arm Machine Vision/Learning

Requirements for presentation: -USE needs (Yannick + Raomi Team Awesome) -Scientific literature -> EU projects -> How to go beyond? (Cameron) -Requirements --Moving to A to B along a fixed axis --Cutting fruit --Sensing for ripeness --Ambient sensing --Locating fruit --Collecting/Handling fruit effectively


-Idea/Solution to the problem

--Moving to A to B along a fixed axis Fixed railing Cable Treads for conveying 4-wheel/2-wheel drive Yo-yo

--Cutting fruit Scissors Custom cutting mechanism Laser cutting Sharp knife (fruit ninja)


--Sensing for ripeness Kinect Color sensor pH sensor Force sensor Machine learning ripeness

--Ambient sensing Temperature sensor Humidity Air pressure Sunlight exposure


--Locating fruit Kinect for depth map "Feel" for fruit

--Collecting/Handling fruit effectively Basket collection Soft packaging Grip from stem

-Plan of approach