Development of a navigation system for agricultural vehicles | |
| Author | Baratov, Tahir |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. AE-98-3 |
| Subject(s) | Global Positioning System Precision farming |
| Note | A thesis submitted as a partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The requirement of detecting the position of agricultural vehicles during a field work is necessary to develop an automated guided agricultural vehicles. The main objective of this thesis was to develop a low-cost navigation system for agricultural vehicles. The current trends in navigation of mobile robots are discussed. Advantages and disadvantages of Global Positioning System (OPS) were studied and the necessity to develop local positioning was identified. The abilities of local positioning were studied. The laser beacon navigation for agricultural vehicle was designed. The graphical simulation program for laser beacon navigation was developed before the real model was constructed. There was some error in reading the position of the experimental cart. The designed hardware need to be improved further for agriculture vehicle applications. The working hardware and software for the designed navigation system were demonstrated and the limitations and further ways to improve the developed system. |
| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Salokhe, Vilas M.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Singh, Gajendra ;Afzulpurkar, Nitin ;Gee-Clough, David; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Government of Japan; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1998 |