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17.03.2015

Despite the highest level of agricultural development in Western and Southern Europe, capable of feeding almost the whole world, few people want to work on the land. The average age of farmers is growing, and in order to attract young people, you have to go to tricks. For example, to equip the farm with all sorts of smart gizmos. That is why the international team of the "VineRobot" project, led by engineers from the Polytechnic Institute of Valencia, decided to create an electronic assistant to the winegrower.

This assistant will not reap the harvest, depriving the work of the laborers who come to the European fields from different countries to suffer. He will constantly run in the rows between the vines and check the condition of the plants. The farmer will receive all the data on his central computer and will be able to water in time, treat with pesticides, and then harvest on the most suitable day for this. The electronic assistant will not pinch off the grapes "for testing" - it is assumed that he will determine the ripeness of the berries without touching them at all.

During the first year of work, we managed to come up with some sensors and assemble a mobile platform capable of independently moving along narrow rows located on slopes, overcoming weed thickets. Installation of a stereo camera, side vision cameras and sensors is planned for 2015, as well as working out techniques for safe movement of the robot for others - its size is not small.

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