Robotnik—Professional Service Robotics Applications with ROS

Guzmán, Roberto; Navarro, Román; Beneto, Marc; Carbonell, Daniel

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-26054-9_10

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“…used a grape cluster and foliage detection algorithms for target‐specific autonomous robotic sprayer and showed that selective spraying can reduce the quantity of pesticides applied in modern agriculture by 30% while detecting and spraying 90% of the grape clusters. Recently, Guzman et al . presented VINBOT, a robot for precision viticulture.…”

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“…8 A comparative list with specific results, the plant application, and sensor technology used is presented by Berenstein et al 5 Berenstein et al 5 used a grape cluster and foliage detection algorithms for target-specific autonomous robotic sprayer and showed that selective spraying can reduce the quantity of pesticides applied in modern agriculture by 30% while detecting and spraying 90% of the grape clusters. Recently, Guzman et al 9 presented VINBOT, a robot for precision viticulture. VINBOT is an autonomous mobile robot capable of capturing and analyzing vineyard images and 3D data by means of cloud computing applications, to determine the yield of vineyards.…”

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Design and development of a semi‐autonomous agricultural vineyard sprayer: Human–robot interaction aspects

Adamides

Katsanos

Constantinou

et al. 2017

Journal of Field Robotics

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This article presents the design aspects and development processes to transform a general‐purpose mobile robotic platform into a semi‐autonomous agricultural robot sprayer focusing on user interfaces for teleoperation. The hardware and the software modules that must be installed onto the system are described, with particular emphasis on human–robot interaction. Details of the technology are given focusing on the user interface aspects. Two laboratory experiments and two studies in the field to evaluate the usability of the user interface provide evidence for the increased usability of a prototype robotic system. Specifically, the study aimed to empirically evaluate the type of target selection input device mouse and digital pen outperformed Wiimote in terms of usability. A field experiment evaluated the effect of three design factors: (a) type of screen output, (b) number of views, (c) type of robot control input device. Results showed that participants were significantly more effective but less efficient when they had multiple views, than when they had a single view. PC keyboard was also found to significantly outperform PS3 gamepad in terms of interaction efficiency and perceived usability. Heuristic evaluations of different user interfaces were also performed using research‐based HRI heuristics. Finally, a study on participants’ overall user experience found that the system was evaluated positively on the User Experience Questionnaire scales.

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Design and development of a semi‐autonomous agricultural vineyard sprayer: Human–robot interaction aspects

Adamides

Katsanos

Constantinou

et al. 2017

Journal of Field Robotics

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“…For example, an autonomous field survey mobile robot platform with custom manipulator and gripper was proposed [138] to carry imaging sensors and GPS devises for autonomous navigation and data collection inside greenhouses and open-field cultivation environments (Figure 3a-3c). Various multi-spectral imaging devices and LiDAR sensors are reported to have been installed and used with modified mobile robot platforms for automated monitoring and building reconstructed 3D point clouds for generating computer images of trees and plants [69,[139][140][141] such as those shown in Figure 3d. [69] , and 3D point clouds of vineyard created by VinBotRobotnik Automation (www.robotnik.eu) [140] Figure 3 Examples of a prototype and professional field robots for scanning and 3D reconstruction of plants and environment Some of the most advanced robotic technology for automated field scouting and data collection are shown in Figure 4 including (a) Trimbot2020 [142] , an outdoor robot based on a commercial Bosch Indigo lawn mower platform and Kinova robotic arm for automatic bush trimming and rose pruning, (b) Wall-Ye [143] , a prototype vineyard robot for mapping, pruning, and possibly harvesting the grapes (wall-ye.com), (c) Ladybird [144,145] , an autonomous multipurpose farm robot for surveillance, mapping, classification and detection for different vegetables, (d) MARS [146,147] : the mobile agricultural robot swarms are small and stream-lined mobile robot units that have minimum soil compaction and energy consumption and aim at optimizing plant specific precision agriculture, (e) SMP S4: a surveillance robot for bird and pest control developed by SMP Robotics (smprobotics.com), (f) Vine agent, a robot equipped with advanced sensors and artificial intelligence to monitor the field for plant's health assessment developed at the Universitat Politècnica de València, (g) HV-100 Nursery Bot, a light weight robot developed by Harvest Automation for moving of plants and potted trees in greenhouses and small orchards developed by Harvest Automation (harvestai.com/), (h) VinBot [59,148] : an all-terrain mobile robot with advanced sensors for autonomous image acquisition and 3D data collection from vineyar for yield estimation and information sharing, (i) Mantis, a flexible general purpose robotic data collection platform equipped with RADAR, liDAR, panospheric, stereovision, and thermal cameras [32] , and (j) GRAPE, a Ground Robot for vineyard monitoring and ProtEction funded by the European Union's for smart autonomous navigation, plant detection and health monitoring, and manipulation of small objects [149] .…”

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Research and development in agricultural robotics: A perspective of digital farming

Shamshiri¹,

Weltzien²,

Hameed³

et al. 2018

International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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Digital farming is the practice of modern technologies such as sensors, robotics, and data analysis for shifting from tedious operations to continuously automated processes. This paper reviews some of the latest achievements in agricultural robotics, specifically those that are used for autonomous weed control, field scouting, and harvesting. Object identification, task planning algorithms, digitalization and optimization of sensors are highlighted as some of the facing challenges in the context of digital farming. The concepts of multi-robots, human-robot collaboration, and environment reconstruction from aerial images and ground-based sensors for the creation of virtual farms were highlighted as some of the gateways of digital farming. It was shown that one of the trends and research focuses in agricultural field robotics is towards building a swarm of small scale robots and drones that collaborate together to optimize farming inputs and reveal denied or concealed information. For the case of robotic harvesting, an autonomous framework with several simple axis manipulators can be faster and more efficient than the currently adapted professional expensive manipulators. While robots are becoming the inseparable parts of the modern farms, our conclusion is that it is not realistic to expect an entirely automated farming system in the future.

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“…Therefore, the features most valued in this case are the mobility, autonomy, and dependability of the telepresence robot in large and/or outdoor environments, rather than on the face-to-face communication. Meaningful systems and use cases are presented by Guzman et al, 22 and SMP Robotics 23 and Robot Security Systems 24 are example proprietary systems proposing robot mobility as an added value to traditional monitoring environments with set of static cameras.…”

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A web-based solution for robotic telepresence

Melendez-Fernandez

Galindo

González-Jiménez

2017

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

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Robotic telepresence is an emerging technology with a great potential in applications such as elder assistance, telework, and surveillance. It relies on a combination of information and communication technologies and mobile robotics to provide a person with autonomy to move and interact in a remote environment. The application environments range from homes to factories, even large outdoor spaces, and the type of users involved in particular application contexts is also varied. That leads to a great heterogeneity in the design of the robotic platforms, communication infrastructures, and interfaces found across robotic telepresence applications. This article analyzes the sources of such heterogeneity, defines a modular architecture that provides a suitable solution for generic applications, and presents an instantiation of the architecture into a web-based solution for robotic telepresence. The main advantages of the solution presented are its open-source nature and its cross-platform compatibility. We report a pilot experience that shows how a functional robotic telepresence system based on this solution has been successfully deployed in an office environment and intensively tested by inexperienced participants over the Internet.

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Robotnik—Professional Service Robotics Applications with ROS

Cited by 16 publications

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Design and development of a semi‐autonomous agricultural vineyard sprayer: Human–robot interaction aspects

Design and development of a semi‐autonomous agricultural vineyard sprayer: Human–robot interaction aspects

Research and development in agricultural robotics: A perspective of digital farming

A web-based solution for robotic telepresence

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