Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/15
Outputs
Target Audience:This project is targeted at the undergraduate students enrolled in engineering, technology, and agriculture programs. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?To extend the functionality of the robot system, a group of senior design students from Engineering Technology studied and constructed a wireless sensor network system for the robot to collect data remotely. The system was successfully constructed and tested in spring 2015 and was demonstrated to our alumni in our lab environment. Through the whole process, students gained hands-on experiences on technologies of various engineering disciplines, including agricultural, electrical, and computer engineering. Students increased their confidence in pursuing future career opportunities in the abovementioned areas, especially in agriculture. Also, the robot system was demonstrated to the engineering technology students during the project year. The student feedbacks showed positive impacts on expanding students knowledge and skills on unmanned vehicles for agricultural applications. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Within this project year, the results were disseminated to communities of interest through several paths, including conference publication, seminar poster, web page, and etc. PIs attended conferences and published papers to introduce our project to a wider range of community. A paper entitled "Enhance Project-Based Learning Experience for Undergraduate Students with Wireless Sensor Network" was published in the proceedings of the 122th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA in June 2015. A poster introducing Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) was presented in the 125th Land-Grant System Celebration PVAMU Research Highlights Poster Presentations. Also, the project is introduced to the public through our department web page. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?This is the last year of the project. The future plan is to write proposals for research on building unmanned vehicles, including aerial, underwater, and ground-based vehicles, for more agricultural applications. More undergraduate and graduate students will be involved.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
During the fifth project year, we have conducted the following activities: 1. Improved the proposed agricultural robot and demonstrated in classroom environments; 2. Integrated agricultural sensors to the robotics platform; 3. Advised senior project task about wireless sensor network with a group of engineering technology students; and 4. Attended conferences to disseminate the results. Specifically, we have the following outcomes during this project year: 1. The unmanned agricultural robot has been improved in PVAMU; 2. The small robot was improved for lab demonstration; 3. Crop condition sensing equipment, such as spectroradiometer, Green Seeker, and GPS, were integrated into the system; 4. Wireless sensor network technology was studied and tested; and 5. The whole system has been demonstrated in lab.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Y. Wang and S. Cui, Enhance Project-Based Learning Experience for Undergraduate Students with Wireless Sensor Network, ASEE 122th Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA, June 14-17, 2015.
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Progress 09/01/13 to 08/31/14
Outputs
Target Audience: Target audience are Agriculture and Engineering undergraduate students. Changes/Problems: A 12-month no-cost extension was requested What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? One agriculture major undergraduate student was involved in this project. The student was offered the opportunity to learn the concept behind the agricultural robot technology. He helped the PI to perform some literature review works. The student also helped to maintain the lab and helped to demonstrate the robots to students in agriculture department. To extend the functionality of the robot system, a group of senior design students from Engineering Technology studied and constructed a wireless sensor network system for the robot to collect data remotely. The system was successfully constructed in spring 2014 and was demonstrated to our alumni in our lab environment. Through the whole process, students gained hand-on experiences on technologies of various engineering disciplines, including agricultural, electrical, and computer engineering. Students increased their confidence in pursuing future career opportunities in the abovementioned areas, especially in agriculture. The system was demonstrated to students registered in an agriculture course in Spring 2014. From the students' feedbacks, most of the students want to see more of such technology in their classes. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Within this project year, the results were disseminated to communities of interest through several paths, including journal publications, conferences, university visits, web page, and etc. PIs attended conferences and published papers to introduce our project to a wider range of community. Oral presentation and invited talks were given in conference and universities in summer 2014. Also, the project is introduced to the public through our department web page. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? For the next reporting period, we have the following plans to accomplish our goals: 1. to further integrate and polish the whole system, including adding more sensors, collecting and combining more data, and research on real-time data processing; 2. to offer a special topic course based on the research activities of this project; 3. to train more students, both agriculture and engineering majors, using the constructed agriculture robot system; and 4. to disseminate our project results through university travel and professional conferences.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
During the fourth project year, we have conducted the following activities: 1. Improved the proposed agricultural robot and tested in both field and classroom environments, the tests showed that the robot is well designed both mechanically and electronically; 2. Integrated agricultural sensors to the robotics platform; 3. Advised senior project task about wireless sensor network with a group of engineering technology students; 4. Advised an agriculture major student for maintaining and operating agricultural robots; and 5. Attended conferences and visited universities to disseminate the results. Specifically, we have the following outcomes during this project year: 1. The unmanned agricultural robot has been improved in PVAMU; 2. The smaller robot was improved for lab demonstration; 3. Crop condition sensing equipment, such as spectroradiometer, Green Seeker, and GPS, were integrated into the system; 4. Wireless sensor network technology was studied and tested; and 5. The whole system has been tested in field and lab.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
P. Wang, Y. Lan, X. Luo, Z. Zhou, Z. Wang, and Y. Wang, Integrated Sensor System For Monitoring Rice Growth Conditions Based On Unmanned Ground Vehicle System, International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 75-81, 2014.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Y. Wang, K. Lee, S. Cui, E. Risch, J. Lian, and Y. Lan, Agriculture Robot and Applications, Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Future Information Engineering and Manufacturing Science(FIEMS 2014), Beijing, China, June 26-27, 2014, to appear.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Y. Wang, S. Cui, E. Risch, Y. Lan, J. Lian, and K. Lee, Enhance Multi-Disciplinary Experience for Agriculture and Engineering Students with Agriculture Robotics Project, Proceedings of the 2014 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 2-4, 2014
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Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: Target audience are Agriculture and Engineering undergraduate students. Changes/Problems: A 12-month no-cost extension was requested and approved. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Based on the success of the large robot platform and with the help of the technician, a smaller robot suitable for lab demonstration was proposed and designed by a group of senior design students. This robot was successfully constructed in spring 2013 and was demonstrated to our alumni in our lab environment. Through the whole process, students gained hand-on experiences on technologies of various engineering disciplines, including agricultural, mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering. Students increased their confidence in pursuing future career opportunities in the abovementioned areas, especially in agriculture. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Within this project year, the results were disseminated to communities of interest through several paths, including special event, conference, university visit, and etc. Specifically, in November 2012, the system was demonstrated on field to visitors attending Prairie View A&M University's GIS day. It received great interests from the audience. PIs also attended conferences (including the USDA PD conference in September 2012) and published papers to introduce our project to a wider range of community. The project was included in the magazine published by College of Engineering of PVAMU in summer 2013. Oral presentation and invited talks were given in conference and universities in summer 2013. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? For the next reporting period, we have the following plans to accomplish our goals: 1. to further integrate and polish the whole system, including adding more sensors, collecting and combining more data, and research on real-time data processing; 2. to train more students, both agriculture and engineering majors, using the constructed agriculture robot system; 3. to disseminate our project results through university travel and professional conferences; and 4. to upgrade the remote-controlled system to an automatic navigation system.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
During the third project year, we have conducted the following activities: 1. Improved the proposed agricultural robot and tested in field environment, the tests showed that the robot is well designed both mechanically and electronically and suitable for outdoor tasks; 2. Integrated agricultural sensors to the robotics platform; 3. Advised senior project task about building agricultural robot with a group of engineering technology students; and 4. Attended conferences and visited universities to disseminate the results. Specifically, we have the following outcomes during this project year: 1. The unmanned agricultural robot has been improved in PVAMU; 2. A smaller robot was constructed for lab demonstration; 3. Crop condition sensing equipment, such as spectroradiometer, Green Seeker, and GPS, were integrated into the system; and 4. The whole system has been tested in field and lab.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Y. Wang, Y. Lan, Y. Zheng, K. Lee, S. Cui, and J. Lian, A UGV-Based Laser Scanner System for Measuring Tree Geometric Characteristics, Proceedings of 2013 SPIE International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging, Beijing China, June 25-27, 2013, to appear.
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Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: During the second project year, we have conducted the following activities: 1. Designed and built the proposed agricultural robot and tested in field environment, the tests showed that the robot is well designed both mechanically and electronically and suitable for outdoor tasks; 2. Studied and obtained agricultural sensors to be used with the robot; 3. Developed and offered a project based special topic course for undergraduate students in the Department of Engineering Technology; 4. Advised senior project task about building agricultural robot with a group of engineering students; 5. Hired two undergraduate students to work on this project. Specifically, we have the following outcomes during the second project year: 1. The unmanned agricultural robot has been designed and developed in PVAMU; 2. Crop condition sensing equipment, such as spectroradiometer, Green Seeker, and GPS, have been acquired and are ready to be integrated into the system; 3. The system has been tested in field; 4. An undergraduate special topic course has been developed; 5. Students presented the project activities in research symposium. PARTICIPANTS: Participants are Ms. Crystal G. Espinoza, undergraduate student, Computer Engineering Technology, who helped preparing course materials for the project based special topic class in Fall 2011; and Mr. Je'Colby D. Johnson, undergraduate student, Agriculture, who worked for literature review and the designing of the agricultural robot in Fall 2011 and Spring 2012. TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Future B.S. level employees (especially underrepresented minorities) of the agriculture industry would benefit from a broad educational background and hands-on experience with agricultural robotics technologies. This project provides a perfect opportunity for students in Prairie View A&M University to prepare themselves for their future career endeavors. Through senior design and course offering, a large group of students will have the opportunities experiencing cutting-edge technologies and benefit from this project. The developed ground-based automatic crop condition measuring system also will help farmers maximize the economic and environmental benefits of crop pest management through precision agriculture.
Publications
- Y. Wang, S. Cui, and J. Lian, Construction of Agricultural Robot Platform, in Proceedings of the 2012 Hawaii University International Conferences, Honolulu, Hawaii, http://www.huichawaii.org/assets/m---wang%2cyonghui-(1).pdf, July 2012. 2166-420X
- Y. Wang, Y. Lan, J. Lian, and S. Cui, Broaden Engineering Technology Students Knowledge through Hands-on with Motion Robotics, ASEE 119th Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, June 10-13, 2012. http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/8/papers/5398/view, AC2012-5398.
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Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: During the first project year, a detailed literature review has been conducted and, based on that, the specifications of the agricultural robot have been developed. Agricultural sensors have been studied and chosen to be installed in the robot. A project based special topic course has been developed and is scheduled for fall 2011 semester for students in the Department of Engineering Technology. A senior project task about building agricultural robot has been designed for engineering students. In the second project year, the robot is anticipated to be enhanced and two undergraduate students will be hired to work on this project. PARTICIPANTS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Future B.S. level employees (especially underrepresented minorities) of the agriculture industry would benefit from a broad educational background and hands-on experience with agricultural robotics technologies. This project provides a perfect opportunity for students in Prairie View A&M University to prepare themselves for their future career endeavors. Through senior design and course offering, a large group of students will have the opportunities experiencing cutting-edge technologies and benefit from this project.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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