UniBots Ltd
UniBots provides a conduit from existing university designs and prototypes around the world into the commercial sector specialising in advanced technologies for the agricultural sector.
The name UniBots is a shortened version of University Robots
Contact Simon Blackmore at simon(at)unibots(dot)com.
Activities 2011 (previous activities)
- Developing ROBOFARM proposal for ICT-AGRI
- 1st March. Head of
Engineering at Harper
Adams University College.
- 23 Jan - 16 Feb University of Thessaly, Greece
- Jan. Developing MULTIFARM proposal for FP7
Current projects
Here are some of our current projects
- ExploreSim Complied ProMRDS example for student use.
- The FutureFarm project (2008-2010).
- Software Architecture for Agricultural Robots(SAFAR)
- Agricultural Robots Portal
- Agricultural robotic designs
- At last! A free WGS84 to UTM converter from mobotsoft.
Recent papers
- Blackmore,S. (2009). New concepts in agricultural automation, HGCA conference, October 2009
Links
The robot report gives a nice overview of the latest happenings
Services
Bespoke development of robots and controllers as solutions for outdoor
automation.
Consultation on design and operation of mobile robots
Application areas
- Agriculture, horticulture and forestry
- Parks and large gardens
- Patrolling and security
Previous projects
As we move from Precision Farming to Phytotechnology, we imply the use of smarter machines or even the development of robotic agriculture. This paper sets out how developed agriculture could change from managing at the field scale, down to sub-field scale (Precision Farming) and eventually care for individual plants according to their needs. Phytotechnology is the word we now use to describe plant scale technology (Phyto comes from the Greek word phuton, or plant)
Development of an autonomous tractor. One of the first projects we started in KVL was to automate various functions of a small tractor so that it could carry out a number of simple tasks by itself.
Development of an autonomous Christmas tree weeder. This project was designed to replace the use of herbicides with mechanical control of the weeds growing underneath and around the young Christmas trees.
Robotic weeding is a classic example of where more intelligently targeted inputs can reduce the chemicals to the point where only micro amounts are needed.
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Last updated Feb 2011
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me at simon(at)unibots(dot)com
