“banat” autonomous robot- a multidisciplinary project sorin bungescu – university of...

“BANAT” AUTONOMOUS ROBOT- A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT

Sorin BUNGESCU – University of Agricultural Sciences TimisoaraSorin NANU –Politehnica University TimisoaraDumitru TUCU – Politehnica University Timisoara

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Objectives of the paper

Paper describes a • long-term project • carried-on by a multidisciplinary team • team is formed of three groups of students and professors from three faculties

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An autonomous robot • to compete in an international contest• to fulfill agricultural specific tasks

The project

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The context

• FIELD ROBOT EVENT – student contest for autonomous robots for agricultural purposes• 1st edition - 2003 Wageningen, The Netherlands• Accompanying agricultural great european exhibitions or other

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• Initiated by CLAAS Foundation that fully sponsored the first participation of Romania• Contacts in University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Timisoara• The newly built team and the robot were called „Banat” (name of the historical region covering areas in Romania, Serbia and Hungaria)

Romanian team

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Three groups:•University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Timisoara• Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

•Politehnica University of Timisoara• Faculty of Mechanics• Faculty of Automation and Computers

Romanian team

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The competition

2012 Venlo, The Netherlands

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The competition

2013 Prague, Czech Republic

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The competition

2014 Bernburg, Germany

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Common tasks for all competitions• follow a path through regular rows of

plants (flower, corn)• follow a path through irregular rows

of plants and with obstaclesSpecific tasks• find a mark in the field and go there• find different plants in the row, stop

and give a signal• find coloured golf balls between

plants and record position by GPS

The tasks

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Effort of all three groups•Agricultural-

• took care of contest specifications, • built a replica field with plants for testing• reference for all agricultural technical issues

•Mechanical• Built everything related to the mechanical

structure• chassis• motor transmision • wheels

•Automation• Design the hardware structure for control• Built the electronic structure• Designed the algoritms for control• Developed the software

The robot

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General participation of students and professors for • strategy, • design,• integration,• testing.

The robot

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The robot

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The results• 2013 Venlo, The Netherlands – 5th out of 15• 2013 Prague, The Czech Republic – 10th out of 20• 2014 Bernburg, Germany – 10th out of 20

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Students’ Skills

• Cross skills – learned the from other group•Management – time, tasks•Development and integration in the laboratory• Communication – technical, social• Connections - how to interact with co-competitors

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Students’ SkillsThrough contacts•with real applications•with sponsors – opportunity to know the real job market and skills requested by companies•with students with other faculties – beteen groups•with co-competitors in international contests•with farmers – the end users of robot - in exhibitions

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• Technical and administrative challenge for students and professors

• Involving – everybody thought that understood all the problems and knew all the solutions

• Technical ideas came not only from professionals

Lessons learned

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Sponsors – supported all the expenses for project

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Agricultural Machiney producers•John Deere – USA, •CLAAS – Germany •CLAAS Foundation- Germany, •Westfalia Surge – Germany, •Fendt – Germany, •Maschio Gaspardo – Italy, •Case – USA, •Massey Ferguson – USA,•Manithou – France, Distributors in Romania •Agrocomert Holding, •IPSO Agricultura, •Titan Machinery, •Vest Tract,•Tehnodisel, •DLG InterMarketing

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Participation in Romanian exhibitions

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- 3 Romanian agricultural exhibition

- Robot was programmed to make a small show

- Great interest from farmers

- to buy for domestic tasks

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Media- Project Work and Internship: impacts on labour market and society

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- Printed agricultural magazines- internet, blog, YouTube- 6 radio interviews- 30 minutes TV interview

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Conclusions

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„Banat” robot was and still is a succesful project that :•Included 10 students and three professors from three faculties•Was innitiative of sponsors and fully supported by them•Because of the international visibility more and more sponsors are interested in this project

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Thank you

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