Our group is specialized in autonomous system designs, control theory and applications, robotics (MAV, UAV, ground robots), smart materials (SMP) modeling and control. We are pretty good in software/algorithm development and hardware design, manufacturing, integration, and testing.
Please consider collaborating with us!
Current Research Projects
Project 1 (USDA) (2013-2018): Collaborative Research: Cooperative Tractors and Multi-Spectrum
In this project, we are developing cooperative aerial and ground vehicles to effectively detect disease in commercial orchards.
Experiments in
2018
Experiments in
2019
Octo-rotor
Experiment
Some related appeared or accepted publications:
- D. Freese, and Y. Xu, “Multiphase scouting control of an agricultural field robot with reachability analyses,” the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 141, No. 5, 2019.
- J Lu, R Ehsani, Y Shi, J Abdulridha, AI de Castro, Y Xu, “Field detection of anthracnose crown rot in strawberry using spectroscopy technology,” Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 135, 289-299
- S. G. Defterli, Y, Shi, Y. Xu, R. Ehsani, “Review of Robotic Technology for Strawberry Production,” American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers – Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 32(3), 2016, pp. 301-316.
- N. Li, C. Remeikas, Y. Xu, S. Jayasuriya, and R. Ehsani, “Task Assignment and Trajectory Planning Algorithm for a Class of Cooperative Agricultural Robots,” the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 137, No. 5, May 01, 2015, pp. 051004.
- Y. Xu, R. Ehsani, J. Kaplan, I. Ahmed, W. Kuzma, J. Orlandi, K. Nehila, K. Waller, and S. Defterli, “An octo-rotor ground network for autonomous strawberry disease detection – Year 1 Status Update,” the 2nd International Conference on Robotics and Associated High-Technologies and Equipment for Agriculture and Forestry, May 21-23, 2014, Madrid, Spain, pp. 457-466.