Open Field Automation OFA

The OFA community provides technology modules to suppliers of agricultural technology or other universities. It helps to quickly develop and deploy various applications. All its ingredients are fully open-source. See Open Field Automation for information about this open-source initiative.

Content

A robot is made of a moving platform (the rover) carrying an applicator for some agricultural purpose. The rover is basically a rigid frame carried by several wheels and has a steering unit.

Basics

Our rovers together with the applicators are controlled by ROS2 and EEROS. While ROS is used to integrated all kind of sensory input together with elaborate navigation EEROS serves the purpose to control your robot in a safe and reliable manner. In order to develop your own robot, you need a basic understanding of both libraries. Further you have to deal with C++.

How to Proceed?

Start with our Example Rover. This is a simple rover with two steered wheels guided with a remote control device. Read about the mechanical setup and learn how to build and deploy the software.