Participants
- Research group “Automation, Robotics and Mechatronics”. University of Almeria (TEP 197)
- Centro de Investigaciones en Energía Solar CIESOL (España), joint centre UAL-CIEMAT
Contacts
Antonio Giménez Fernández (agimfer@ual.es)
José Carlos Moreno Úbeda (jcmoreno@ual.es)
Funds:
Development and Innovation (PAIDI 2020).
(P20_00767)
Current Situation:
In progress
Summary
This project aims to develop a fleet of collaborative mobile robots able to assist the operator in his daily work inside a greenhouse, allowing to maintain the traceability of the tasks performed by the human and the robot, resulting in an improvement in terms of work safety, food safety and sustainability. The robots must be able to transport material inside the greenhouse, from defined stations to the human operator. For this purpose, two tasks will be distinguished: the navigation of the robots inside the greenhouse and their interaction with the human operator, so that the worker can move freely near the platform minimizing the risks for the human, the robot and the crop. In order to achieve a global optimum, in terms of sustainability, the robot must be able to communicate with other agricultural machines.