Walking behaviour of a hexapod robot using a wind direction detector

A hexapod robot was developed to explore a field and gather agronomic data such as soil nutrients, temperature, humidity and plant growth. The robot was navigated by using a wind direction detector consisting of four airflow sensors. The hexapod robot successfully navigated in an upwind direction us...

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Published inBiosystems engineering Vol. 100; no. 4; pp. 516 - 523
Main Authors Taniwaki, Mitsuru, Iida, Michihisa, Kang, Donghyeon, Tanaka, Mutsumi, Izumi, Takahito, Umeda, Mikio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2008
Elsevier
Subjects
Agricultural machinery and engineering
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Biological and medical sciences
carbon dioxide
equipment performance
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Generalities. Biometrics, experimentation. Remote sensing
humidity
plant growth
precision agriculture
robots
sensors
soil analysis
soil nutrients
soil temperature
wind
Bioengineering
Engineering
Wind
Detector
Use
Agriculture
Behavior
Direction
Robot
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Summary:A hexapod robot was developed to explore a field and gather agronomic data such as soil nutrients, temperature, humidity and plant growth. The robot was navigated by using a wind direction detector consisting of four airflow sensors. The hexapod robot successfully navigated in an upwind direction using the wind direction detector. It remained at a location under calm conditions but walked upwind as soon as the wind began blowing again. The feasibility of using the robot for tracking a gas source was also examined using a CO 2 sensor.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.04.017
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ISSN:1537-5110
1537-5129
DOI:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.04.017