FieldPilotAGRICULTURAL ROBOTICS LAB
01 / AUTONOMOUS FIELD OPERATIONS

Plan the route. Prove the fit.

Can your robot turn, track and stop within the space available?

Interactive engineering model Ideal rolling · flat terrain
Ready to run
ORCHARD / ROW MISSION4 rows · 16 m · 2.4 m spacing
FP–01 / LIVE POSE0°
PlannedDrivenHeadland
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Mission progress0%
Distance driven0.0m— m planned
Tracking RMS0cmMax 0 cm
Elapsed simulation00:000.00 m/s actual
MODEL & METHOD

Useful decisions. Explicit assumptions.

FieldPilot tests whether a route fits the available headland and shows how an ideal differential-drive robot follows that route.

What the model does

  • Generates row centerlines and continuous semicircle or stop-and-pivot transitions.
  • Checks headland against turn radius plus a conservative circular robot footprint and margin.
  • Calculates wheel commands from pose feedback, then integrates the robot's motion.
  • Measures distance and cross-track error from the actual simulated pose.
  • Brakes for circular obstacles using a forward swept-envelope check.

What to take to the field

  • Use the headland check to reject obviously infeasible geometry early.
  • Use wheel rates and trajectory error to discuss controller settings.
  • Validate localization, soil slip, actuator limits and obstacle sensing on the real platform.
  • Custom paths are geometric waypoints; they do not guarantee crop or boundary clearance.
  • Return home retraces the driven trail; it does not plan a new shortcut.
v = r(ωR + ωL)/2    ·    Ω = r(ωR − ωL)/b

Flat ground, ideal rolling and known pose/obstacles. Four-wheel skid-steering is approximated by differential-drive kinematics. No traction, soil compaction, GNSS noise or implement model. Shown values are simulated, not measured field performance. The robot is an illustrative design.