What is the WEEDINATOR?

The WEEDINATOR is a collection of modules to enable autonomous weeding of rows of vegetables by a robot tractor. It is not limited to weeding and can be adapted for planting and other functions.

What are the main components of the WEEDINATOR?

We call the 3 primary control modules Control Box 1, Control Box 2 and Safety Cameras. Box 1 is an infinitely hackable hardware system with a high end STM MCU, a set of automotive relays and automotive grade high side switches. Other sub modules in Box 1 include motor controllers and a 10 way fuse box. Box 2 can be configured in a similar way to Box 1 but would normally include a small board computer (SBC) for communication via 4G and crop detection with cameras and machine learning. WEEDINATOR Safety Cameras is a module for detecting the presence of people and a robot would normally have at least one at the front and back.

There is also a hydraulically powered cultivating (weeding) implement for towing behind the tractor.

More info to follow - watch this space!

PCBs are supplied by PCBWay : https://www.pcbway.com/