| Group |
2023-14 |
Status |
completed |
| Title |
Farming Robot |
| Supervisor |
N. Kharma |
| Description |
Strawberries represent approximately 9.5% of imported fruits in Canada. The goal of this project is to
reliably pollinate and harvest indoor plants using a farming robot such that indoor off-season strawberries
can be made locally and automatically, reducing our need for importation. The electromechanical solution
will be capable of locating flowers using object detection, reaching the flower using a pollinating-robotic
arm, pollinating the flower, and continuing. The same robot will be reconfigurable to harvesting mode.
This mode will use object detection in order to direct a harvesting-robotic arm towards the stem of a plant
that is ready to be harvested. The system will need to accurately determine the 3D coordinates of the
detected flower or strawberry and appropriately accomplish a pollinating or harvesting task. To train our
model, we will focus on strawberry plants that reliably grow in Quebec. The robotic system will move in
a CNC-like motion and will be mounted on rover-robot that will move on a rail system through the
strawberry plants. |
| Student Requirement |
SOEN 341 - Software Process and Practices,
ELEC/COEN 390 - Product Design Project,
ELEC 312 - Electronics II,
COEN 352 - Data Structures and Algorithms
COEN 432 - Applied Machine Learning and Evolutionary Algorithms
ELEC 433 - Power Electronics
COMP 472 - Artificial Intelligence |
| Tools |
- Programming: Visual Studio, Android Studio
- Image processing: OpenCV, TensorFlow
- Circuit Simulation: PSpice, Ltspice
- Circuit Design: Eagle, Altium
- Mechanical design : SolidWorks, Fusion360
- Control System Design/ Analysis : MATLAB, Simulink
- Manufacturing : CNC, Lathe, Mill, 3D-printer
- PCB Assembly: SMD-soldering tools, PCB manufacturer |
| Number of Students |
6 |
| Students |
J.P. Forget, N. Fortin, A. Kappert, C. Kaufmann, F.G. Moro, Pathiraja |
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