Attachment 2_Specifications_1232SA26Q0867.pdf
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This document is a specification for a robotic platform required by the Forage and Range Research (FRR) Laboratory, a USDA/ARS facility. The buyer seeks one rugged, autonomous robotic platform designed to enhance high throughput phenotyping capabilities for collecting plant trait measurements across large experimental fields. The platform must conduct autonomous missions over bare earth, grass, and forbs with varied topography while carrying and digitally integrating multiple sensor payloads including RGB cameras, multispectral imagery systems, LIDAR, GPS units, and thermal and relative humidity sensors.
The robotic platform must meet 11 minimum required specifications: modularity and ruggedness for field traversal; up to eight hours of runtime with low maintenance; autonomous navigation with obstacle detection and avoidance; payload integration through a central processing unit with API connectivity for multiple sensors; capacity to carry 700 pounds and tow 1,000 pounds with a hitch; data collection capability over 1.5 to 2.0-meter row widths with customizable dimensions; sustained speeds up to 5 miles per hour; accessible brakes, stop buttons, and traction/stability controls with an optional light beacon; central processing capability to synchronize data stream timestamps and deploy light deep learning models; adjustable ground clearance of at least 2 feet for clearing tall grasses; and included shipping costs. Delivery is required to USDA/ARS/FRR in Logan, Utah 84322 within 60 days after receipt of order.
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Specifications for a Robotic Platform
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Background: The Forage and Range Research (FRR) Laboratory is seeking to enhance current high throughput phenotyping (HTP) capabilities that allow scientists and support personnel to minimize the amount of time that is spent collecting plant trait measurements across large experimental fields. A proximal sensing robotic platform that can a.) conduct autonomous missions and b.) collect images and other environmental sensors datasets will greatly improve the ability to build HTP models of diverse plant traits for forage and turf grasses.
The vendor shall provide a rugged robotic platform capable of conducting autonomous missions over experimental fields. This platform must be able to carry and digitally interact with a suite of payloads / sensors that can collect different data (i.e. regular Red Green Blue (RGB) and multispectral imagery) streams. Below is a list of specifications that must be met or exceed.
Minimum Required Specifications:
1. Modular and rugged robotic platform that can traverse large experimental (mostly over bare earth and grass and forbs) fields with varied topography.
2. Up to eight (8) hours of runtime with low maintenance required.
3. Capable of conducting autonomous navigation over predefined routes and able to detect and avoid obstacles.
4. Able to carry and integrate different payloads (sensors, global positioning systems
GPS). The integration must be done with a central processing unit or brain that facilitates the communication between the robot and the sensors through an application programming interface API with enough ports to connect at least the following configuration: RGB cameras, Light Detection and Range LIDAR, GPS units, thermal and relative humidity sensors.
5. Capable of carrying up to 700 pounds and towing up to 1000 pounds with a hitch.
6. Ability to collect data streams over rows with usual widths of 1.5 to 2.0 meters but the robotic platform must be modular in nature so that the width and height can be customized for different types of grasses and forbs as well as varied topographical conditions.
7. Ability to sustain speeds up to 5 miles per hour.
8. Safety features must include brakes and stop buttons directly accessible on the robotic platform as well as traction and stability controls. A light beacon that quickly communicates to users that the robot is in operation is highly desirable.
9. The central processing unit or brain of this platform must facilitate the synchronization of the different data streams timestamps so that the post-processing can be accelerated. The brain must be able to deploy light deep learning models in the future as the robotic unit may implement live high throughput phenotyping tasks in the near future.
10. The ground clearance must be adjustable with a minimum of 2 feet (~50 cm) to clear turf grasses and certain forage grasses.
11. Cost of shipping should be included in the quote.
Place of Delivery:
USDA/ARS/FRR
700 N 1100 E Logan, UT 84322
Delivery Schedule:
60 days ARO
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