This project aims to develop and demonstrate a ground robot with intelligence capable of conducting semi-autonomous farm operations for different low-heights vegetable crops referred as Agriculture Application Robot(AAR). AAR is a lightweight, solar-electric powered robot that uses intelligent perception for conducting detection and classification of plants and their characteristics. The system also has a robotic arm for the autonomous weed cutting process. The robot can deliver fertilizer spraying, insecticide, herbicide, and other fluids to the targets such as crops, weeds, and other pests. Besides, it provides information for future research into higher-level tasks such as yield estimation, crop, and soil health monitoring. We present the design of robot and the associated experiments which show the promising results in real world environments.

翻译：本项目旨在开发并展示一种具备智能的地面机器人，能够对低矮蔬菜作物执行半自主农业作业，称为农业应用机器人（AAR）。AAR是一种轻量级、太阳能电力驱动的机器人，利用智能感知技术对植物及其特征进行检测和分类。该系统还配备一个机械臂，用于自主杂草切割。机器人可向作物、杂草及其他害虫等目标喷洒肥料、杀虫剂、除草剂及其他液体。此外，它还为未来研究更高层次的任务（如产量估算、作物及土壤健康监测）提供信息。我们展示了机器人的设计及相关实验，实验结果表明其在真实环境中具有良好性能。