A Human-Centered Design of General-Purpose Unmanned Electric Vehicle Chassis for Agriculture Task Payload

Abstract

This paper presents the design process of a novel general-purpose electric vehicle chassis as agriculture payload carrier platform to perform agricultural tasks: detection, guidance, mapping, and action. This design applied a human-centered design frameworks and processes: Kumar's seven modes of the design innovation process, and the three lenses of human-centered design by IDEO. After approach from three design-project perspectives mapping, a universal electric-powered multiwheel independent drive and independent steering robotic vehicle platform is designed for agricultural application. A real size prototype has been built to prove the design.