0. “BANAT” AUTONOMOUS ROBOT- A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT Sorin BUNGESCU – University of Agricultural Sciences Timisoara Sorin NANU –Politehnica University Timisoara Dumitru TUCU – Politehnica University Timisoara

1. Objectives of the paper
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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

2. The project An autonomous robot to compete in an international contest
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The project
An autonomous robot
to compete in an international contest
to fulfill agricultural specific tasks

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

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Romanian team
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)

5. Romanian team Three groups:
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Romanian team
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

6. The competition 2012 Venlo, The Netherlands Genoa 25-26 sept 2014
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The competition
2012 Venlo,
The Netherlands

7. The competition 2013 Prague, Czech Republic Genoa 25-26 sept 2014
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The competition
2013 Prague,
Czech Republic

8. The competition 2014 Bernburg, Germany Genoa 25-26 sept 2014
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The competition
2014 Bernburg,
Germany

9. The tasks Common tasks for all competitions
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The tasks
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 obstacles
Specific 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

10. The robot Effort of all three groups Agricultural-
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The robot
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

11. The robot General participation of students and professors for
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The robot
General participation of students and professors for
strategy,
design,
integration,
testing.

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The robot

13. The results 2013 Venlo, The Netherlands – 5th out of 15
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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

14. Students’ Skills Cross skills – learned the from other group
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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

15. Students’ Skills Through contacts with real applications
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Students’ Skills
Through 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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Lessons learned
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

17. Sponsors – supported all the expenses for project
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Sponsors – supported all the expenses for project
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

18. Participation in Romanian exhibitions
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Participation in Romanian exhibitions
3 Romanian agricultural exhibition
Robot was programmed to make a small show
Great interest from farmers
to buy for domestic tasks

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

20. Conclusions „Banat” robot was and still is a succesful project that :
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Conclusions
„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