- Feb 27, 2022
- 1 min
Week 8 Update - Reading Week Update
A significant amount of progress has been made over reading week. The motor control system has now been fully integrated and includes the...
- Feb 22, 2022
- 1 min
Week 7 Update - Motor Control Demo
The main chassis has been assembled and the motors have been mounted. The previously completed motor control program has been applied to...
- Feb 2, 2022
- 1 min
Week 6 Update - Control System Update
The vision program has now been fully implemented on the Raspberry Pi and the drive motors are now controlled by the vision program....
- Feb 1, 2022
- 1 min
Week 5 Update - Tooling Arm Progress
The tooling was 3D printed and assembled to test the fit and motion. 3D printed blades were used in place of metal blades in order to...
- Jan 28, 2022
- 1 min
Week 3 Update - Acquiring Components
Acquired supplies from EMS including plywood and sheet metal which will be cut into components for the robot base. Received tracks,...
- Jan 19, 2022
- 1 min
Week 2 Update - Testing the vision algorithm
The vision algorithm searches for the next ripe spear using a combination of colour and contour matching. This vision program runs in...
- Jan 19, 2022
- 1 min
Week 1 Update - Project Overview
Junior is an autonomous mobile asparagus harvester. Built on a tank chassis, Junior drives along the rows of asparagus and uses a camera...