Robotic Following Cart to Replace Light Duty Tractor Tasks?

daugen · Jan 19, 2020

congrats on getting this far, very impressive. Making your business model work is a whole nother challenge.
We are all rooting for you.
Remember to give ten percent off on orders of $1M or more :thumbsup:

candersen10 · Mar 5, 2020

daugen said:
congrats on getting this far, very impressive. Making your business model work is a whole nother challenge.
We are all rooting for you.
Remember to give ten percent off on orders of $1M or more :thumbsup:

We only do 5 or 6 pack orders at the moment. Here's Generation 6 - the ones we are selling now.

rScotty · Mar 5, 2020

stuckmotor said:
Why was the gentleman in the blackberries video wearing a bandanna over his face? I see this quite often and can only guess at the reason.

i'm glad you asked, because i'm curious too. i grew up in arkansas & our whole extended family would go out to calif. for the winter fruit harvest.
I'm guessing the bandana is to protect from some sort of harvest-time chemical spray. Lots of that is used these days.
rScotty

daugen · Dec 5, 2020

it's been a while since we've had a progress report, hope things are going well. Tough year for many reasons.
I saw an ad for this today:
https://directedmachines.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9P2Zha637QIVhzEMCh192gXfEAEYASAAEgIZ4vD_BwE

candersen10 · Dec 7, 2020

Here is Generation 7.

Here's a video of generation 6 units at work from this season: Burros at Work - YouTube

We're up around 8000 autonomous miles this year in commercial use. We're expecting to do north of 25,000 miles next year at least, and are broadening uses also.

Industrial Toys · Dec 7, 2020

I don't know what it is but I LIKE IT! BIG Tires (Equal Size) good ground clearance. And no plastic in sight. What's not to like?

candersen10 · Dec 7, 2020

Industrial Toys said:
I don't know what it is but I LIKE IT! BIG Tires (Equal Size) good ground clearance. And no plastic in sight. What's not to like?

Burros are autonomous vehicles used in vineyard/nursery/blueberry/caneberry type operations today (you can see them at Home - Burro).

They are used primarily as autonomous carts at the moment. They use a combination of high precision GPS and computer vision / AI, trained over 8000+ autonomous miles of use, to move through these operations. At the same time, their perception layer is getting smarter constantly, each is online/can be controlled locally or controlled online, and we are adding capabilities to them including yield/crop scouting. Ultimately, we plan to add high dexterity autonomy to them (i.e. picking).

What should we add in the short term to the platform however? Welcome any / all feedback.

Industrial Toys · Dec 7, 2020

A peltier (sp?) junction style of Beer Fridge. I can't stress enough, how much I admire the utilitarian, uncluttered with sculpted plastic, look!

candersen10 · Dec 7, 2020

Assume you mean peltier effect cooling?

We do have a cooling system on our generation 7 machines. It is not Peltier however, although it is forced air with nothing external coming in to avoid any moisture ingress. On an autonomous system in the field, it is unacceptable for computing to run hot as it can slow down the speed with which your perception layer processes obstacles/the world around it. These are designed to run in up to 120F conditions in areas like Coachella, hence the importance of cooling.

Each one has a big CPU, GPU, modem, RTK GPS, 12 cameras, 11 other sensors, expansion for further cameras and autonomy attachments to be added on also, so we've had to really go a bit overboard to make sure we have a good safety factor for heat.