Autonomous Vehicle for Grape Yard

Abstract

The project's objective is to cost-effectively navigate and spray insecticides/pesticides in a constrained area, and it's meant to be utilized by local farmers as a low-cost solution alternative to other expensive spraying methods. In this case our constraint environment is a grape yard, and the idea is to employ a simple and reliable visual teach-and-repeat navigation system which allows a vehicle to autonomously repeat tracks that were previously taught by a human operator. The mapping and navigation are expected to be done by a single camera as the algorithm is centered around monocular vision, furthermore, automating a vehicle is also part of the deliverables, that will be done on an All-Terrain-Vehicle by creating a mechanism for steering control and remotely controlling it.