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Application of an Inspection Robot Composed by Collaborative Terrestrial and Aerial Modules for an Operation in Agriculture

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Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics (RAAD 2017)

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FREEDOM robot has been developed for exploring dangerous or inaccessible sites by human operators, either from the ground and/or from the air, in urban environment, due to planned or emergency response events. The system, composed by ground and aerial modules, it is based on the design concept of taking advantage of both systems sharing design philosophy and management. One of the main design issue is the possibility of extending the inspection capability by providing power supply from the ground module to the flying module. In this contribution, system basic features and the application to agriculture are proposed.

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  1. PBK S.r.l, I3P Company, Polytechnic of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Roberto Grassi

  2. DICeM - Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy

    Pierluigi Rea & Erika Ottaviano

  3. DIMEAS - Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Polytechnic of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Paolo Maggiore

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Grassi, R., Rea, P., Ottaviano, E., Maggiore, P. (2018). Application of an Inspection Robot Composed by Collaborative Terrestrial and Aerial Modules for an Operation in Agriculture. In: Ferraresi, C., Quaglia, G. (eds) Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics. RAAD 2017. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 49. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61276-8_56

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