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✓ SeTeL amphibious rover: A highmobility vehicle solution withremote monitoring and controlfunctions
✓ Innovative architecturecombines simplicity witheffectiveness
Agridrone is also Amphibious Unmanned Vehicle
Vehicle description
✓ Two independently rotating wheels✓ Free rotation around central axis with
two pendulums hinged on axis✓ Pendulum composed of arms and can
host one or more motors andbatteries
✓ Pendulum also utilized for sensorpayload mounting
BATTERY
CENTRAL AXIS
DRIVE MOTOR
WHEELPENDULUM ARM
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✓ Two independently rotating wheels✓ Wheels equipped with blades of plastic
or composite material for propulsionpurposes
✓ Wheels act as floats and providepropulsion
✓ Wheels protect payload from theenvironment
BATTERY
CENTRAL AXIS
DRIVE MOTOR
WHEELS
Vehicle description
✓ Electrical motors drive the position of thependulum thus generating torque makingthe wheels move in opposite directions ifneed be
✓ The greater the weight of the pendulum& the further from the center of gravityof the axis, the greater the thrust of thewheels
✓ In this concept typically negativeelements such as battery weight becomepositive factors as they increase thepropulsion power
DRIVE MOTORBATTERY
CENTRAL AXIS
PENDULUM ARM
Principle of OperationWeight becomes Power
✓ Vehicle has low CoGtherefore is intrinsicallystable
✓ Automatic recovery toupright position whensubjected to overturning(Important quality in anamphibious environment)
CENTRAL AXIS
BATTERY + MOTOR PRESENT LOW CoG
Principle of OperationLow Center of Gravity (CoG) = Stability
✓Internal:✓Upper portion of wheel
• Antenna arrays
✓Lower portion: • Contributes to pendulum weight
• Various Sensors
✓External:• Launch devices
• Towed arrays
• Electro Optical SensorsInternal payloads protected from harsh
external environments
Principle of OperationPayload Mounting Options
✓ Maritime:
• Hydrography
• Mine Detection
• Environmental Cleanup
• Submarine Detection
• Mobile buoy with high autonomy
• Electro Optical Surveillance
• Special Operations support Provides freedom of movement to mother ship which
deploys amphibious rover vehicle(s) in search area(s)
Possible Mission Sets
✓ Land :
• Agricultural applications
• Geologic Exploration/Surveying
• Perimiter Surveillance
• Structural Inspection
• Hazardous environment exploration
• Delivery of small logistic payloads
• Expendable pathfinder for manned vehicles
• Expendable vehicle for mine detection operations
• Launched from land for rapid maritime interventions
L’elevata mobilità si presta ad un ruolo multifunzionale a terra
Possible Mission Sets
✓Strong acceleration capacity
✓Can turn at high speed and on steep slopes
due to low CoG
✓Very high mobility on all surfaces
✓Two-wheeled design exerts low pressure
footprint on the ground
✓Pendulum balance system can stabilize sensors
during movement
Strength points of the project
✓ Inherently stable
✓Energy Efficient: No power consumptionduring standby
✓Low cost design & construction
✓High reliability & modular design simplifylogistic support
✓Amphibian: Same vehicle for sea & land ops
✓Reduced radar cross-section
✓Composite construction materials
✓Mounting of payloads below waterline
It operates on:land, water, lagoons, mud, snow…., respecting the ambient
.. performs precisions tasks
The multi-sensory instrumentationgenerate big data suitable for AI processing
WineGRoverIn precision agriculture
WineGRover
MONITORING SYSTEM
MULTI SENSORS
PLATFORM
DRONE PLATFORM
MONITORING SYSTEM
DRONESPLATFORM
SENSORSPLATFORM
TECHNOLOGYAgriDroneVision Integrates innovative technologies:
• Autonomous Aerial and Terrestrial Drones platform
• Monitoring system and dedicated software
• Multi sensors platform
Main focus on high quality imaging data
Thematic MapsSpecialized sensors
✓ Multispectral Cameras
✓ Far and near infrared
✓ Bioluminescence
✓ Georadar
✓ Multilevel resistive sensors
✓ Temperature, humidity pressure
✓ Brix hydrometer
✓ etc…
Positioning devices
✓GPS
✓ RTK
✓ Lidar
✓Magnetic Compass
✓Accelerometers
✓Gyroscopes
✓ Kalman filters
✓ Smart vision
✓ etc…
Decision Support Systems
• Data Bases
• Algorithms for the analysis of vegetative indexes
• Data Fusion
• AI
• Communications (5G)
• Block Chain
• Big Data
• etc…
Tuscia Unversity
Test drive
Possible application fields of the Amphibious Drone
WineGreenRover
• Opportunity for teleworking
• Optimization and improvement of the activities, skills and capabilities of the agricultural operator.
• Maximized use of new lands for agricultural activities.
• Development and general modernization of the agricultural sector
WinGRover allows the monitoring of the vineyard in its complex vegetative cycle and acts in the irrigation and application phases of pesticides and nutrients by optimizing the distribution of pesticides, fertilizers and water. It only works where it is necessary, thus increasing the sustainability of the environment.
Hilly Winegrowing
WineGRover can operate safely, where farm tractors overturn, on hilly slopes with steep slopes and
with transversal rows
Rice culturethe Rover guarantees actions aimed at
improving production, seed activity, production assistance and analysis
service to the supply chain. The Rover moves easily both on marshy ground
and in shallow waters without damaging the crop
Row cropssoil analysis, precision fertilization and culture monitoring and targeted treatments
Amphibious RoverTest on Sicilian beaches
The amphibious rover can monitor the state of
the floating cages even with critical waves and
can intervene with minor maintenance.
Compared to a diver, the operational availability
of the vehicle is always guaranteed, reducing
human risk and costs
Aquaculture / Fish farming
Night surveillance for
aquaculture systems
In rover it is equipped with a series of infrared, NIR and RGB sensors and for high-end applications it can be equipped with multi-spectral
Mussel culture
The rover could intervene both in the sowing phase (the wheels are tanks) and in the crop monitoring phase. It
moves easily both on marshy ground and in shallow waters without
damaging the crop
Detections in marshy environments
In the field of environmental
research and for the monitoring of
wet and river areas dedicated to the protection of the
ecosystem
Lifeguard (coasts control)
Rescuein case of natural disasters
✓ Ease of mobility on snowy terrain
✓ Timely inspection for ease of movement on snowy terrain
✓ Possibility of transporting food and first aid medicines
✓ Support for telemedicine intervention
Flood relief✓ Ease of movement in shallow water and muddy terrain
✓ Possibility of transporting food and first aid medicines
✓ Support for telemedicine interventions
Oil spillingMonitoring at sea and interventions in shallow waters
Research & Development Department
We are looking for:• requirements survey• co-research• co-development
Thanks!
