✓ SeTeL amphibious rover: A highmobility vehicle solution withremote monitoring and controlfunctions

✓ Innovative architecturecombines simplicity witheffectiveness

Agridrone is also Amphibious Unmanned Vehicle

Vehicle description

✓ Two independently rotating wheels✓ Free rotation around central axis with

two pendulums hinged on axis✓ Pendulum composed of arms and can

host one or more motors andbatteries

✓ Pendulum also utilized for sensorpayload mounting

BATTERY

CENTRAL AXIS

DRIVE MOTOR

WHEELPENDULUM ARM

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✓ Two independently rotating wheels✓ Wheels equipped with blades of plastic

or composite material for propulsionpurposes

✓ Wheels act as floats and providepropulsion

✓ Wheels protect payload from theenvironment

BATTERY

CENTRAL AXIS

DRIVE MOTOR

WHEELS

Vehicle description

✓ Electrical motors drive the position of thependulum thus generating torque makingthe wheels move in opposite directions ifneed be

✓ The greater the weight of the pendulum& the further from the center of gravityof the axis, the greater the thrust of thewheels

✓ In this concept typically negativeelements such as battery weight becomepositive factors as they increase thepropulsion power

DRIVE MOTORBATTERY

CENTRAL AXIS

PENDULUM ARM

Principle of OperationWeight becomes Power

✓ Vehicle has low CoGtherefore is intrinsicallystable

✓ Automatic recovery toupright position whensubjected to overturning(Important quality in anamphibious environment)

CENTRAL AXIS

BATTERY + MOTOR PRESENT LOW CoG

Principle of OperationLow Center of Gravity (CoG) = Stability

✓Internal:✓Upper portion of wheel

• Antenna arrays

✓Lower portion: • Contributes to pendulum weight

• Various Sensors

✓External:• Launch devices

• Towed arrays

• Electro Optical SensorsInternal payloads protected from harsh

external environments

Principle of OperationPayload Mounting Options

✓ Maritime:

• Hydrography

• Mine Detection

• Environmental Cleanup

• Submarine Detection

• Mobile buoy with high autonomy

• Electro Optical Surveillance

• Special Operations support Provides freedom of movement to mother ship which

deploys amphibious rover vehicle(s) in search area(s)

Possible Mission Sets

✓ Land :

• Agricultural applications

• Geologic Exploration/Surveying

• Perimiter Surveillance

• Structural Inspection

• Hazardous environment exploration

• Delivery of small logistic payloads

• Expendable pathfinder for manned vehicles

• Expendable vehicle for mine detection operations

• Launched from land for rapid maritime interventions

L’elevata mobilità si presta ad un ruolo multifunzionale a terra

Possible Mission Sets

✓Strong acceleration capacity

✓Can turn at high speed and on steep slopes

due to low CoG

✓Very high mobility on all surfaces

✓Two-wheeled design exerts low pressure

footprint on the ground

✓Pendulum balance system can stabilize sensors

during movement

Strength points of the project

✓ Inherently stable

✓Energy Efficient: No power consumptionduring standby

✓Low cost design & construction

✓High reliability & modular design simplifylogistic support

✓Amphibian: Same vehicle for sea & land ops

✓Reduced radar cross-section

✓Composite construction materials

✓Mounting of payloads below waterline

It operates on:land, water, lagoons, mud, snow…., respecting the ambient

.. performs precisions tasks

The multi-sensory instrumentationgenerate big data suitable for AI processing

WineGRoverIn precision agriculture

WineGRover

MONITORING SYSTEM

MULTI SENSORS

PLATFORM

DRONE PLATFORM

MONITORING SYSTEM

DRONESPLATFORM

SENSORSPLATFORM

TECHNOLOGYAgriDroneVision Integrates innovative technologies:

• Autonomous Aerial and Terrestrial Drones platform

• Monitoring system and dedicated software

• Multi sensors platform

Main focus on high quality imaging data

Thematic MapsSpecialized sensors

✓ Multispectral Cameras

✓ Far and near infrared

✓ Bioluminescence

✓ Georadar

✓ Multilevel resistive sensors

✓ Temperature, humidity pressure

✓ Brix hydrometer

✓ etc…

Positioning devices

✓GPS

✓ RTK

✓ Lidar

✓Magnetic Compass

✓Accelerometers

✓Gyroscopes

✓ Kalman filters

✓ Smart vision

✓ etc…

Decision Support Systems

• Data Bases

• Algorithms for the analysis of vegetative indexes

• Data Fusion

• AI

• Communications (5G)

• Block Chain

• Big Data

• etc…

Tuscia Unversity

Test drive

Possible application fields of the Amphibious Drone

WineGreenRover

• Opportunity for teleworking

• Optimization and improvement of the activities, skills and capabilities of the agricultural operator.

• Maximized use of new lands for agricultural activities.

• Development and general modernization of the agricultural sector

WinGRover allows the monitoring of the vineyard in its complex vegetative cycle and acts in the irrigation and application phases of pesticides and nutrients by optimizing the distribution of pesticides, fertilizers and water. It only works where it is necessary, thus increasing the sustainability of the environment.

Hilly Winegrowing

WineGRover can operate safely, where farm tractors overturn, on hilly slopes with steep slopes and

with transversal rows

Rice culturethe Rover guarantees actions aimed at

improving production, seed activity, production assistance and analysis

service to the supply chain. The Rover moves easily both on marshy ground

and in shallow waters without damaging the crop

Row cropssoil analysis, precision fertilization and culture monitoring and targeted treatments

Amphibious RoverTest on Sicilian beaches

The amphibious rover can monitor the state of

the floating cages even with critical waves and

can intervene with minor maintenance.

Compared to a diver, the operational availability

of the vehicle is always guaranteed, reducing

human risk and costs

Aquaculture / Fish farming

Night surveillance for

aquaculture systems

In rover it is equipped with a series of infrared, NIR and RGB sensors and for high-end applications it can be equipped with multi-spectral

Mussel culture

The rover could intervene both in the sowing phase (the wheels are tanks) and in the crop monitoring phase. It

moves easily both on marshy ground and in shallow waters without

damaging the crop

Detections in marshy environments

In the field of environmental

research and for the monitoring of

wet and river areas dedicated to the protection of the

ecosystem

Lifeguard (coasts control)

Rescuein case of natural disasters

✓ Ease of mobility on snowy terrain

✓ Timely inspection for ease of movement on snowy terrain

✓ Possibility of transporting food and first aid medicines

✓ Support for telemedicine intervention

Flood relief✓ Ease of movement in shallow water and muddy terrain

✓ Possibility of transporting food and first aid medicines

✓ Support for telemedicine interventions

Oil spillingMonitoring at sea and interventions in shallow waters

Research & Development Department

www.setelgroup.ite.defrancesco@setelgroup.it

We are looking for:• requirements survey• co-research• co-development

Thanks!