GENERAL NOTES
We make base robot platforms, build custom integrations, and design bespoke robots to meet our customers' applications.
We are committed to the Robot Operating System (ROS) and the community of researchers and users that support it. Each robot that Ant Robotics deploys is designed to be used with this open source platform. The extensibility of ROS has also allowed Ant Robotics to work with its partners to create fully integrated solutions for indoor and outdoor use, as well as offer research institutes a fully flexible platform for fast and effective integration of perception and navigation sensors.
Below are a selection of some public facing projects from Ant Robotics as references for your attention.
REFERENCE DESIGNS
| Picture | Company | Industry | Product | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main AG | Viticulture | ADIR POWER | Autonomous mobile robot platform for particularly steep inclines. With a load capacity of 600 kg, the platform can be configured with an adjustable transport platform, dual drive wheels or crawler tracks. | https://rwz.ag/agrartechnik/produkte/weinbautechnik/ |
 | Metasa GmbH | Greenhouse | ADIR SPRAYER | ADIR SPRAYER is very robust and strong enough for loads of over 400 kg. The Herbika Stellage sprayer has a water tank with a capacity of 150-200 liters. It consists of a 2-row boom with 3 or 6 nozzles per row. The sprayer can be manufactured individually from the boom depending on the position. The boom sprayer is also small and compact. | https://www.metasa.de/de/produkte/stellagen-spritze-autonom |
RESEARCH PROJECTS
| Picture | Organisation | Institute | Title | Description | Code | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons | Institute for Photonics and Robotics | SLAM implementation using ROS2 for a differential drive robot | Utilisation of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) through the ROS2 in a differential drive robot, with a particular emphasis on its deployment in polytunnels. The research assesses the efficacy of visual SLAM techniques in agricultural contexts, where robots are deployed for tasks such as crop monitoring and pesticide spraying. | Github | Bachelor Thesis |
 | Hamburg University of Technology | Institute of Mechanics and Ocean Engineering | Autonomous crop row navigation during harvest for strawberry fields | An autonomous navigation system is proposed that can be applied to navigate in strawberry fields using the point cloud data from the ZED2i stereo camera as the only sensor data. Multiple cluster and line detection methods were implemented and compared with respect to accuracy and computational time. | – | Bachelor Thesis |
 | University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons | Institute for Photonics and Robotics | Row change and UI for an autonomous spraying application | Implement a GUI for generating presets for the robot. Create an on-board UI for user interaction and allow the selection of pre-installed values through the UI. Developing a row turning algorithm for autonomous plant spraying applications. | – | Project Work |
 | University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons | Institute for Photonics and Robotics | Waypoint Navigation | The module’s task is to localise the robot’s own position on a given map. Outside of crop fields, it should automatically find a path to another selected position and autonomous follow this path. The collected data will create a map, which will be saved locally. | – | Project Work |