Team FloriBot
Team members
Norika Schneider, Timo Zimmerman, Aaron Stark, Marvin Hack, Fabio Schaaf, David Santiago Alzate Leon
Team captain’s name
Benedict Bauer
Instructor(s)
Prof. Dr.‒Ing. Torsten Heverhagen, Benedict Bauer, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Mechanics and Electronics, Heilbronn, Germany
Participating in the FRE since
2012
Description of the team and robot
We are a team of electrical engineering and mechatronics students with strong expertise in electronics, software development, and mechanical engineering. With our robot Floribot 4.0, featuring all‒wheel drive and a passive articulated joint, we improve hardware proven in previous events to develop robust and adaptable solutions for autonomous field robotics.
Robot specifications
W x L x H (cm):
43 x 132 x 45
Weight (kg):
Approx. 60
Commercial or prototype:
Prototype
Total no. of wheels / no. driven wheels:
4/4
Drivetrain concept/ max. speed (m/s):
All-wheel drive articulated steering / 2 m/s
Turning radius (cm):
37,5
Battery type / capacity (Ah):
Stiga SBT 5048 AE
2 x 5 Ah
Total motor power (W):
4 x 300
No. of sensors internal/
external:
Sensor type:
Encoder (IFM RM9003) for articulated joint, 2 x Lidar (TIM551),
2 x Depth camera (Intel Realsense D435i) and some more
Controller system software description:
ROS and PLC software
Controller system hardware description:
SEW DHE41B and SEW CMP ELVCD, Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier,
Raspberry Pi 4B
Short strategy description for navigation and applications:
Navigation within the crop rows is based on a simple algorithm that uses the robot’s position relative to the row center to determine its speed and steering angle. The overall project is developed by orchestrating state-of-the-art large language models for the software design. The resulting components are then containerized using Docker to improve overall system handling.
These are the commercial team sponsors & partners:
SEW EURODRIVE, Ingenieurbüro Stöger, Agria-Werke GmbH