Publicado:
2025-06-25Número:
Vol. 19 Núm. 1 (2025)Sección:
Visión de Ingeniería AplicadaQuadruped Robot Prototype for Agricultural Mobile Robotics
Prototipo de robot cuadrúpedo para robótica móvil agrícola
Palabras clave:
Agricultural field, HTML, micropython, Quadruped mobile robot, Raspberry pico (en).Palabras clave:
Campo agrícola, HTML, micropython, robot móvil cuadrúpedo, Raspberry pico (es).Descargas
Resumen (en)
Agricultural robots with wheels have contributed significantly to agriculture, generating interest in developing robots with improved maneuverability in crop fields where wheels do not work well. This has led to the development of legged mobile robots as a viable alternative to wheeled robots, and for this reason, a study group at the Francisco José de Caldas Distrital University in Colombia has been developing a small-scale quadruped robot in order to examine its maneuverability capabilities in difficult terrain. In this paper, the corresponding robot and its results are described. Using 3D printing, we developed a robot structure that could accommodate eight servomotors. Using the micropython programming language, we programmed a Raspberry Pico-W microcontroller as the control unit. Thanks to a graphical user interface developed in HTML, a quadruped robot could be controlled remotely from a computer or even a mobile phone. As reported in the results, our quadruped robot approach has demonstrated promising results in its maneuverability on off-road soils, opening the possibility of developing autonomous quadruped robots for agricultural use.
Resumen (es)
Los robots agrícolas con ruedas han contribuido significativamente a la agricultura, generando interés en el desarrollo de robots con mayor maniobrabilidad en campos de cultivo donde las ruedas no son adecuadas. Esto ha impulsado el desarrollo de robots móviles con patas como una alternativa viable a los robots con ruedas. Por esta razón, un grupo de estudio de la Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Colombia) ha estado desarrollando un robot cuadrúpedo a pequeña escala para examinar su capacidad de maniobrabilidad en terrenos difíciles. En este artículo, se describen el robot correspondiente y sus resultados. Mediante impresión 3D, desarrollamos una estructura robótica que puede alojar ocho servomotores. Utilizando el lenguaje de programación MicroPython, programamos un microcontrolador Raspberry Pico-W como unidad de control. Gracias a una interfaz gráfica de usuario desarrollada en HTML, un robot cuadrúpedo puede controlarse remotamente desde un ordenador o incluso un teléfono móvil. Como se informa en los resultados, nuestro enfoque robótico cuadrúpedo ha demostrado resultados prometedores en su maniobrabilidad en terrenos todoterreno, lo que abre la posibilidad de desarrollar robots cuadrúpedos autónomos para uso agrícola.
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