Senior Research Programmer Field Robocs Center … · apple and nursery tree industries. In this...
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For further informa.on please contact: Stephen Nuske, nuske@cmu.edu. www.frc.ri.cmu.edu Wednesday, November 16 th GHC2109, 11am Noon Pizza will be served Autonomous Orchard Vehicles Abstract: Comprehensive Automa.on for Specialty Crops is a four‐year project focused on the development of efficiency‐improvement and labor cost‐reduc.on technologies for the apple and nursery tree industries. In this talk we present the Autonomous Prime Movers (APM), a family of vehicles capable of autonomous driving in orchards and nurseries. The APMs carry tools and sensors to automate various farm ac.vi.es—mowing, spraying, fruit and tree coun.ng, discuss the technical aspects of the current vehicles and illustrate the talk with a variety of videos taken during field deployments in Pennsylvania and Washington states. Speaker Bio: Brad Hamner holds a bachelor’s degree in mathema.cs and a master’s degree in robo.cs from Carnegie Mellon University . Since 2002 he has worked in the Field Robo.cs Center, specializing in naviga.on and path planning for unmanned ground vehicles, as well as control strategies for mobile manipulators. He has made robots for such diverse applica.ons as agriculture, security patrol, and fabrica.on on an assembly line. Bradley Hamner Senior Research Programmer Field Robo.cs Center Carnegie Mellon University
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Forfurtherinforma.onpleasecontact:StephenNuske,[email protected]
Wednesday,November16th GHC2109,11amNoonPizzawillbeserved
Autonomous Orchard Vehicles Abstract:ComprehensiveAutoma.onforSpecialtyCropsisafour‐yearprojectfocusedon the development of efficiency‐improvement and labor cost‐reduc.ontechnologiesfortheappleandnurserytreeindustries.Inthistalkwepresentthe Autonomous Prime Movers (APM), a family of vehicles capable ofautonomous driving in orchards and nurseries. The APMs carry tools andsensorstoautomatevariousfarmac.vi.es—mowing,spraying,fruitandtreecoun.ng, discuss the technical aspects of the current vehicles and illustratethe talk with a variety of videos taken during field deployments inPennsylvaniaandWashingtonstates.
SpeakerBio:BradHamnerholdsabachelor’sdegreeinmathema.csandamaster’sdegreeinrobo.csfromCarnegieMellonUniversity.Since2002hehasworkedintheField Robo.cs Center, specializing in naviga.on and path planning forunmanned ground vehicles, as well as control strategies for mobilemanipulators.Hehasmaderobotsforsuchdiverseapplica.onsasagriculture,securitypatrol,andfabrica.ononanassemblyline.
BradleyHamnerSeniorResearchProgrammerFieldRobo.csCenterCarnegieMellonUniversity
