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|date            = 2021
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|tools           = [[Wrenches]]
|parts           = [[Axial bearings]], [[Keyed shafts]], [[Shaft collars]], [[Gears]], [[Sprockets]], [[Wheel hubs]], [[Frames]], [[Nuts]], [[Bolts]], [[End caps]], [[Solar panels]], [[Fluid pumps]]
|techniques      = [[Tri joints]], [[Wheels and axles]], [[Three point hitches]], [[Three point hitch receivers]]
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[[Category:Projects]]
[[Category:Agriculture]]

=Introduction=
An agricultural robot is a robot deployed for agricultural purposes. The main area of application of robots in agriculture today is at the harvesting stage. Emerging applications of robots or drones in agriculture include weed control, cloud seeding, planting seeds, harvesting, environmental monitoring and soil analysis. According to Verified Market Research, the agricultural robots market is expected to reach $11.58 billion by 2025.  Automating agricultural tasks such as weeding and pest control have the potential to unleash large amounts of human productivity.

=Challenges=
Agricultural tasks require a wide variety of manipulations, transformations, and even some object-recognition.

=Approaches=
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Initial goal is to build a versatile general-purpose platform for solar-electric and solar-hydraulic-electric agricultural automation, with specific manipulators and tasks to follow.

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Three-point-hitch.scad.png|Three point hitch
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* 4x [https://www.amazon.com/BoTaiDaHong-Electric-Bicycle-Decelerate-Sprocket/dp/B07TYB46CV/ BoTaiDaHong Electric Bicycle Motor MY1016Z 24V 350W DC ATV Electric Vehicle Gear Decelerate Brushed Motor with 9 Tooth Sprocket]
* 8x [[Axial bearings]]
* 4x [[Keyed shafts]]
* 8x [[Shaft collars]]
* 4x [[Gears and sprockets]]
* 4x [[Wheel hubs]]
* [[Frames]], [[Nuts]], [[Bolts]], [[End caps]]
* [[Solar panels]]
* [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0816CZKR9/ Mophorn Hydraulic Power Unit 6 Way 6 Quart Hydraulic Pump Double Acting Hydraulic Power Unit 12V DC Dump Trailer Car Remote with Plastic Oil Reservoir (Plastic, Double Acting)]

==Fruit harvesting==
* [https://opencv.org/introducing-oak-spatial-ai-powered-by-opencv/ OAK spacial AI powered by OpenCV]
** identify fruit
** open gripper
** position gripper
** close gripper
** twist gripper
** return fruit to collection
** open gripper

==Agrovoltaics==
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=Software=
* [https://farmos.org/ FarmOS]

=References=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_robot Wikipedia: Agricultural robot]
* [https://github.com/Twisted-Fields Github: Twisted fields]
* [https://community.twistedfields.com/t/introducing-acorn-a-precision-farming-rover-from-twisted-fields/17 Introducing Acorn, a precision farming rover from Twisted Fields]
* [https://farm.bot/ Farm.bot]
* [https://www.mangdang.net/minipupper/ Mini pupper]
* [https://pjreddie.com/courses/computer-vision/ The Ancient Secrets of Computer Vision]
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* [https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-automates-sustainable-farming Tomshardware.com: Raspberry Pi Automates Sustainable Farming]