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PolyPoD: An Algorithm for Polyculture Seed Placement

Varun Kamat,Shrey Aeron,Anrui Gu,Harshika Jalan,S. Adebola,Ken Goldberg

Published 2023 in 2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)

ABSTRACT

The spatial arrangement of plants in a garden or small farm is especially important for polyculture agriculture to reduce water and pesticide use. We present PolyPoD, a new algorithm for seed placement. Given a polygonal planting area boundary (convex or non-convex) and number and types of seeds, PolyPoD generates the variable radius poisson disk distribution, yielding viable seed placements. Results suggest that PolyPoD outperforms our previous seed placement algorithm with the goal of avoiding over-competition for resources, under-utilization of space, and plant segmentation difficulties. The PolyPoD platform will also offer free access on a website for polyculture farmers worldwide. Source code, documentation, and the website link are available at https://github.com/BerkeleyAutomation/PolyPoD.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2023

  • Venue

    2023 IEEE 19th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)

  • Publication date

    2023-08-26

  • Fields of study

    Agricultural and Food Sciences, Computer Science, Environmental Science

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.1109/CASE56687.2023.10260454
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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