Mamut could be cream of the crop in capturing health and yield data

摘要

Cambridge Consultants has developed an autonomous four-wheeled robot called Mamut that captures data on individual crop health and overall yield.The robot's sensor suite includes stereo cameras, LIDAR, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), a compass, wheel odometers and an onboard Al system that collates all of the input data. This combination of technologies allows Mamut to navigate autonomously and map unstructured environments (simultaneouslocalisation and mapping, or SLAM) without the need for GPS or the fixed radio infrastructure used by other agritech systems.