aerial and ground robots coordination for plants mointoring

The purpose of the project is to develop a cooperative robotic plant monitoring system using multiple aerial and ground (mobile) robots. Multiple robots will cooperate to perform navigation and coverage of the field, to collect the plants data effectively and timely. Ae

Project Title

aerial and ground robots coordination for plants mointoring

Project Area of Specialization

Robotics

Project Summary

The purpose of the project is to develop a cooperative robotic plant monitoring system using multiple aerial and ground (mobile) robots. Multiple robots will cooperate to perform navigation and coverage of the field, to collect the plants data effectively and timely. Aerial robots will perform high level navigation and canopy detection, and Furthermore, it will guide the mobile robots. The ground robots will take the reading of the related canopies, the data will be transferred to the gateway. On the gateway, the data will be preprocessed and cleansed. This data will be transferred to the sever and will be stored in no-SQL databases. The curated and processed information will be displayed to the user online application. High level mission plans will be transmitted back to the robots in the field.

Project Objectives

1. To design and develop cooperative multi-robotic system to monitor the plants.
2. To study and develop cooperative algorithms for the multi-robotic cooperation for agricultural applications
3. To preprocess and cure noisy data
4. To store and manage heterogenous semi- structured agricultural data.
5. To design interface to display plant data and feedback from the user.

Project Implementation Method

1. Literature Review:  Current state of the art is explored.

2. Requirement Gathering: project requirements will be outline using use case UML diagram

3. Analysis: The modules of the project will be identified, and detailed analysis will be done for those modules.  Detailed Data model, ERD and other UML diagram will be developed for each module.

4. Design: Both hardware and software module will be designed respective engineering principles. Based on our preliminary study following module are expected to be designed.

• Robots design: Aerial and mobile robots will be designed.
• Communication: communication will be established between the robots and other nodes of the projects.
•  Data collection: Data collection module includes mobile and aerial robots equipped with agricultural sensors.
•  Cleanings: discrepancies and inconsistencies will be removed from the noisy data make suitable for analysis.
•  Data Management: The data will be stored in a data-lakes, and cured data in SQL databases.
•  Data Analytics: data will be analyzed using machine learning algorithms.
• Android app: the output will be displayed to user using an android app and control commands of users will transmitted back to the site.

5. Testing:  Test plan will be developed to test each module separately and for the integration of these modules.  

6. Documentation: Each step of the project will be documented, and project progress will be presented in seminars/workshops/conferences and project competitions.

Benefits of the Project

• The project will decrease the overhead of the user by providing automatic monitoring of the plants in the field
• It may increase the yield of the farm.
• It may help in improve water and pesticide usage.
• It may improve in farm management and decisions.
• It may help in paradoxical agriculture processes

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

1. Robots: wheeled mobile robot and quadrotor prototypes with camera and other navigation and monitoring sensors.
2. Communication mechanism and algorithms
3. Android app to visual data and send commands to the robots and agricultural site.
4. Improvement in agricultural site.
5. Project Reports and documentations.

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

Agriculture

Other Industries

Education , IT , Food

Core Technology

Robotics

Other Technologies

Artificial Intelligence(AI), Big Data

Sustainable Development Goals

No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-Being for People

Required Resources

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