Autonomous mowers are becoming increasingly common in public and private greenspaces. Autonomous mowers can provide several advantages since these machines help to save time and energy and prevent operators from possible injuries. Current autonomous mowers operate by following random trajectories within areas defined by a shallow-buried boundary wire that has the purpose to generate an electro-magnetic field. Once the electro-magnetic field is perceived by the autonomous mower, the machine will stop and change direction. Mowing along random trajectories is considered an ecient solution to manage areas with a variable number of obstacles. In agriculture, autonomous technologies are becoming increasingly popular since they can help to increase both the quantity and quality of agricultural products by reducing productive cost and improving the production process. Thus, even autonomous mowers may be useful to carry out some of the agricultural operations that are highly time consuming. In fact, some autonomous mowers designed and realized to work in vineyards and home vegetable gardens are already available on the market. The aim of this study was to compare the work capacity of six autonomous mowers that move along random trajectories in areas with a high number of obstacles to assess if these machines may be employed in some agricultural contexts. The six autonomous mowers were split in three groups based on their size (large, medium, and small) and were left to work in two areas with equal number of obstacles but dierent layouts. The first area (Site A) had a square shape and an extension of 23.04 m2, in order to keep the autonomous mowers enclosed inside it. The second area (Site B) had a square shape and an extension of 84.64 m2, in order to have a part of the area with no obstacles. The layout and the size of the two areas aected the autonomous mowers performances in dierent ways. The six autonomous mowers working on Site A obtained similar results and higher performances compared to the same mowers working on ...


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    Titel :

    Autonomous mowers working in narrow spaces: a possible future application in agriculture?


    Beteiligte:
    Sportelli, M (Autor:in) / Pirchio, M (Autor:in) / Fontanelli, M (Autor:in) / Volterrani, M (Autor:in) / Frasconi, C (Autor:in) / Martelloni, L (Autor:in) / Caturegli, L (Autor:in) / Gaetani, M (Autor:in) / Grossi, N (Autor:in) / Magni, S (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-01-01



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    DDC:    629



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