Robotic Following Cart to Replace Light Duty Tractor Tasks?

   / Robotic Following Cart to Replace Light Duty Tractor Tasks?
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Getting user feedback that we need some sounds for our robot. Specifically, sounds for:

- robot in motion
- robot with someone in the way
- someone moving too fast away from a robot and robot wanting them to slow down
- robot waiting and awake but not doing anything

Any ideas? Seems like everything to date in ag is back up alarms and beeps.
 
   / Robotic Following Cart to Replace Light Duty Tractor Tasks? #222  
I'd suggest the cuss pack from the game redneck rampage. :)

OK, maybe not.
 
   / Robotic Following Cart to Replace Light Duty Tractor Tasks? #226  
   / Robotic Following Cart to Replace Light Duty Tractor Tasks? #227  
TSA Agent:
Have you had your bag in your possession at all times?

Self driving luggage guy:
It followed me through the airport.

TSA Agent:
Could you see it while it was behind you?

Self driving luggage guy:
I guess not.

TSA Agent:
Please go into that room for an "enhanced" search.
 
   / Robotic Following Cart to Replace Light Duty Tractor Tasks? #228  
TSA Agent:
Have you had your bag in your possession at all times?

Self driving luggage guy:
It followed me through the airport.

TSA Agent:
Could you see it while it was behind you?

Self driving luggage guy:
I guess not.

TSA Agent:
Please go into that room for an "enhanced" search.

Those cost extra in some parts.
 
   / Robotic Following Cart to Replace Light Duty Tractor Tasks? #229  
Robot Check

follow me golf bags.
Note reference to bluetooth tech involving follow me.

this is surely becoming more common.
 
   / Robotic Following Cart to Replace Light Duty Tractor Tasks?
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#230  
Robot Check

follow me golf bags.
Note reference to bluetooth tech involving follow me.

this is surely becoming more common.


The aspect of following a person autonomously is one aspect of our robot, but quite different it seems then the consumer-grade following equipment that is around in some areas. Our robots follow people by virtue of recognizing them and tracking them - in a field with 100 people working our robots can work with each person without needing each to have a bluetooth beacon. Beacons are a hardware solution to a software problem and have been around since the 1970s for people-following golf bags at least.

Today, we have a 4-5HP robot with 500 lbs of capacity, computer vision based autonomy enabling it to follow people, learn routes/re-run them autonomously, and to run up/down rows autonomously by virtue of recognizing them (Burro Following Rows - YouTube). Our robot is also farm rugged - weatherproof, designed to work in field, etc.

I believe this is how autonomous farming begins - collaborative robots that help people work more productively while being modular-ly expandable to do more and more tasks autonomously.

Burro at VBZ 1024.jpg
 

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