Tractor-Robot Cooperation: A Heterogeneous Leader-Follower Approach

In this paper, we investigated the idea of including mobile robots as complementary machinery to tractors in an agricultural context. The main is not replace human farmer, but augment his/her capabilities by deploying assistants field operations. scheme based on a leader–follower approach. manned tractor used leader, which will be taken reference point for follower. follower then takes position leader target, and follows it autonomous manner. This allow farmer multiply working width number deployed during present detailed description system, theoretical aspect that allows robot autonomously follow tractor, addition different experimental steps allowed us test system assess robustness proposed scheme.