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Technologies and technical equipment for agriculture and food industry
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Volume 77 / No. 3 / 2025
Pages : 5-16
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DESIGN AND EXPERIMENT OF MULTI-PUROSE AND MODULAR SENSOR ROBOTIC PLATFORM FOR REAL-TIME ASSESSING AND MONITORING OF CEA FARMS USING POINT CLOUD, LIDAR, RGB AND THERMAL IMAGING
PROIECTAREA ȘI TESTAREA UNEI NOI SOLUȚII MULTI-SCOP DE PLATORMĂ SENZORIALĂ ROBOTICĂ PENTRU EVALUAREA FERMELOR DE TIP CEA UTILIZÂND TEHNOLOGII POINT-CLOUD, LIDAR, IMAGISTICĂ RGB ȘI TERMICĂ
DOI : https://doi.org/10.35633/inmateh-77-01
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To address the challenges and needs of the CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture) farms, a complex and multi-purpose sensor robotic platform was developed. The objective was to solve the problem of providing a complete set of visual and numeric information in regards to operational environment and specific points of interest within the environment. In this article, an experimental sensor robotic platform model was constructed and tested by integrating technologies such as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) mapping via ROS (Robot Operating System), point-cloud, RGB and IR imaging and image processing algorithms developed with OpenCV (Open Computer Vision) libraries. Real-time control and environment assessment were achieved by integrating an internet access point within the structure of the experimental model. Experiments show that a multi-sensory integration and operation can be successfully achieved within a compact and energy efficient robotic platform, reaching six hours of autonomy The LiDAR-based experiments show that the proposed system can achieve a ±7 mm mapping precision, greatly enhancing the operation within the environment. Furthermore, the RGB, IR imaging, point-cloud and image processing algorithms proved to optimize the assessment and monitoring operations by providing valuable and precise visual information. The final results show that the proposed solution has great performance in controlled environments and can improve the safety and overall efficiency of CEA farms and related environments.
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