Welcome to Team 11 - Robo Harvester's Webpage

This website contains links to all of Team 11's deliverables, meeting minutes,
design concepts, and contact information for the group. The latest upload
for each section will be linked with a description below.

The idea for this Senior Design project is to design and build a method for getting rid of weeds between the rows of crops on organic farms. Research tells us the idea of integrating robotic systems onto farms to reduce the labor and human dependency is not a new one. A lot of the existing technology will help guide us in the right directions for the purpose of our design.
Organic farms do not use traditional farming techniques such as herbicides and pesticides, so this robot will eliminate the need for a human to pull weeds from the farm plots. The robot will have to navigate between the rows of crops, remove weeds, keep itself charged and running 24/7, as well as follow other design constraints as outlined in this paper. Some of the challenges associated with these desired operations is the method of which the robot will be programmed to navigate through the plot.

Team Members

Grant Richter

ME - Team Leader

Mechanical Engineer at FSU, specializes in Mechatronics. From Orlando, intends on going into industry after graduation.

Ian Nowak

EE - Lead EE

Electrical Engineer at FSU College of Engineering, planning to graduate in the Spring of 2015. Currently working the center for advanced power systems at innovation park.

Eston Walden

ME - Lead ME

My name is Nathan Eston Walden. I am a Mechanical Engineering student at Florida State. My interest is in the robotics and controls section of engineering. I am the President of Pi Tau Sigma which is the Mechanical Engineering Honor society and I will be graduating in 2015.

Amanda Richards

ME - Treasurer

I am currently a senior undergraduate at Florida State University and will obtain my bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in May 2015. I have accepted a position with Cummins Inc. as a Product Validation Engineer in Charleston, South Carolina. I intend to further my education by obtaining an MBA within the next 5 years.

Jeremy Rybicki

EE/Cpe - Webmaster

Currently a senior at Florida State University studying both Electrical and Computer Engineering scheduled to graduate in Fall 2015. I have recently accepted a position as a Systems Engineering intern for Northrop Grumman for the Summer of 2015. Am interestezd in field programmable devices and systems design.

Coen Purvis

21 years old born in Jacksonville, FL. Studying mechanical engineering at the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering. Graduating in the spring of 2015. Currently on the aeronautics track offered by the mechanical engineering department and would like to work for an aeronautics company in the future.