Jamil de Almeida Baltazar

Mr. Jamil de Almeida Baltazar


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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17 September 2024 in Agriengineering
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JBJamil de Almeida Baltazar
Jamil de Almeida Baltazar
ACAndre Luiz de Freitas Coelho Coelho
Andre Luiz de Freitas Coelho Coelho
Domingos Sarvio Magalhães ValenteDomingos Sarvio Magalhães Valente
Domingos Sarvio Magalhães Valente
DQDaniel Marçal De Queiroz
Daniel Marçal De Queiroz
FVFlora Maria de Melo Villar
Flora Maria de Melo Villar
The development of autonomous agricultural robots using a global navigation satellite system aided by real-time kinematics and an inertial measurement unit for position and orientation determination must address the accuracy, reliability, and cost of these components. This study aims to develop and evaluate a robotic platform with autonomous navigation using low-cost components. A navigation algorithm was developed based on the kinematics of a differential vehicle, combined with a proportional and integral steering controller that followed a point-to-point route until the desired route was completed. Two route mapping methods were tested. The performance of the platform control algorithm was evaluated by following a predefined route and calculating metrics such as the maximum cross-track error, mean absolute error, standard deviation of the error, and root mean squared error. The strategy of planning routes with closer waypoints reduces cross-track errors. The results showed that when adopting waypoints every 3 m, better performance was obtained compared to waypoints only at the vertices, with maximum cross-track error being 44.4% lower, MAE 64.1% lower, SD 39.4% lower, and RMSE 52.5% lower. This study demonstrates the feasibility of developing autonomous agricultural robots with low-cost components and highlights the importance of careful route planning to optimize navigation accuracy.