Research in agricultural engineeringThe robot as a harvest helper
The research team at the Australian Center for Field Robotics develops robots and intelligent software for agriculture. We show what the robots can do in a series of pictures.
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The Ladybird platform is inspired by the ladybug. It is battery- and solar-powered and has various detection systems, such as hyperspectral, thermal, infrared, panoramic, stereo vision with stroboscopic lighting, LiDAR and GPS, which it can use to assess the characteristics of plants.