PRE2015 4 Groep2
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