Autonomous Field Painter - University of West Florida Capstone Design
Marking lines for sports fields is a mundane, time consuming task often left to volunteers or over-extended, tightly-budgeted parks & recreation departments. This can result in inconsistent and inaccurate field markings or inefficient use of financial and human resources. An autonomous field painting robot would remove these inconsistencies and make more efficient use of all available resources. In this research effort, an autonomous field painting robot is developed which uses a real-time kinematic (RTK) GPS navigation system to achieve centimeter positional accuracy. The field painter features an onboard bulk paint dispensing system and an eight gallon paint reservoir. A Raspberry Pi operates as the robot’s central controller and executes a set of custom-developed navigation algorithms. Combined, these systems create a useful and and efficient method of striping sports fields.
Team Members:
Breanna Lunsford
Tim Seketa
Nathan Waldorff
David Warren
Caleb Williams
Video edit by Caleb Williams.
Music: "Silk" by Alexander Syhler