Building an Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Autonomously
protecting
vineyards
from wildlife
Robotics
Computer Vision
Additive Mfg.
Viticulturists lose grapes to wildlife feeding. They wanted an automated way to scare the animals off.
The developed UGV acts as a mobile scarecrow, using tracks for mobility and vision for navigation.
The movement and sound of the robot patrolling the many rows of vines, protects the harvest from hungry animals.
