Robots in Nature

Brendan Harmon

Drone Data Analytics

  • Vegetation indices
  • Biomass
  • Carbon
  • Flowers

Cajun Prairie Wildflower Meadow Surveys

LSU Hilltop Arboretum

Point Clouds

Meadow Flowers

3,471 flowers surveyed on June 1st, 2020

Flowers

Biomass

Robotic Fabrication

  • Algorithmic design
  • Parametric variation
  • Complexity
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Mass customization
  • Novel aesthetics
  • Material exploration
  • Autonomous construction

Robotic 3D Printing

Robotic 3D Printing

Robotic Planting

Aerial Planting

Our Robots

  • 2 x UR5e collaborative robotic arm
  • 1 x UR10e collaborative robotic arm
  • 3 x DJI Phantom 4 quadcopter
  • 1 x DJI Matrice 600 Pro hexacopter
  • 1 x FireFLY6 Pro

Education

  • LA 7032 Media III: Drone Photogrammetry
  • LA 7051 Advanced Topics Studio: Robotic 3D Printing
  • LA 7504 Ecological Robotics: Robotic Planting

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