The Dassie robot platform is a rugged outdoor autonomous vehicle, capable of moving through rough terrain whilst carrying a heavy payload and operating for extended periods of time. It is designed to autonomously perform inspections of rows of grape vines in a vineyard. The design and testing of this system are covered in this paper.
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Dickens, J.S., Goorun, Y. & De Ronde, W. 2021. Development of a multipurpose, outdoor autonomous ground vehicle for agricultural inspection. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12471 .
Dickens, J. S., Goorun, Y., & De Ronde, W. (2021). Development of a multipurpose, outdoor autonomous ground vehicle for agricultural inspection. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12471
Dickens, John S, Yurisha Goorun, and Willis De Ronde. "Development of a multipurpose, outdoor autonomous ground vehicle for agricultural inspection." The 22nd Annual International RAPDASA Conference, Pretoria, November 2021 (2021): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12471
Dickens JS, Goorun Y, De Ronde W, Development of a multipurpose, outdoor autonomous ground vehicle for agricultural inspection; 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12471 .