AgriRobot: Autonomous agricultural robot system for precision spraying

农业机器人项目将延伸和应用无人驾驶汽车、机器人和人工智能的尖端技术发展，开发一种高度创新的农业机器人系统，以应对当前农业面临的挑战，这些挑战包括英国和其他国家和地区的农场工人短缺；果园和农场效率低下；经营者面临风险；环境污染；以及水果中的农药残留。所开发的农业机器人系统可以在果园或农场中自动连续行走，而不会与树木/植物/人发生碰撞，还可以智能地操纵从一行到另一行的切换；所开发的基于传感器的变量气助式喷雾器可以分析目标树木/植物的存在、大小、形状和密度，提供独特的精确喷洒操作，在需要时只使用必要数量的农药，从而实现更高效的喷洒，同时减少对操作员的需求。

The AgriRobot project will extend and apply the cutting-edge technology developments from driverless vehicles, robotics, and AI to develop a highly innovative agricultural robot system to deal with the current challenges in agriculture that include the shortage of farm workers in China, UK and other countries and regions; lack of efficiency in orchards and farms; risks to operators; environment pollution; and pesticides residue in fruits. The developed agricultural robot system can automatically travel in a row in orchards or farms without collisions with trees/plants/people, and also can intelligently manoeuvre to change from one row to another; The developed sensor-based variable-rate air-assisted sprayer can analyse the presence, size, shape, and density of target trees/plants, providing a unique and precision spraying operation applying only the necessary amount of pesticide when needed, leading to more efficient spraying while reducing the demand of human operators.