Tractor Experiments


Photos from an initial experimentation with the CSIRO robotic tractor at the University of Queensland.  Unfortunately it was raining on and off which put a dampener on the experiments, but was fun all the same.



The tractor arriving via the back of a ute



Close up of the tractor on the back of the ute



Fill her up!  Haven't actually decided whether the tractor is a he or she



Getting the cameras to connect to the laptop ain't easy



Always a bad sign - a pulley drive had come loose and was rubbing, causing smoke



Just when everything had come together, the rain started pouring down, real hard...



An honour escort for the tractor, as we hold a tarp over it - we get wet, but it doesn't.  Sort of makes you wander who's using who?



Debugging



More debugging, sort of hard to do when the entire screen display is corrupted and you can barely make out any of the words

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