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Machine vision for orchard navigation
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This research uses the combination of the canopy with the background sky to guide small utility vehicles in the orchard in the future by focusing on the tree canopy and sky of an orchard row.Citations
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Computer vision technology in agricultural automation —A review
TL;DR: It is found that the existing technology can help the development of agricultural automation for small field farming to achieve the advantages of low cost, high efficiency and high precision, but there are still major challenges.
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Machine Vision Systems in Precision Agriculture for Crop Farming
Efthimia Mavridou,Eleni Vrochidou,George A. Papakostas,Theodore Pachidis,Vassilis G. Kaburlasos +4 more
TL;DR: The aim of this paper is to review the most recent work in the application of machine vision to agriculture, mainly for crop farming, to serve as a research guide for the researcher and practitioner alike in applying cognitive technology to agriculture.
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Sensing and automation in pruning of apple trees: A review
Long He,James R. Schupp +1 more
TL;DR: This paper reviews the research and development of sensing and automated systems for branch pruning in apple production, and describes two examples of qualified pruning strategies that could potentially simplify the automated pruning decision and pruning end-effector design.
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Smart Farming in Europe
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the research efforts from researchers in Smart Farming, who apply innovative technology trends in various crops around Europe and provide and analyze the most significant projects in Europe in the area of Smart Farming.
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AgROS: A Robot Operating System Based Emulation Tool for Agricultural Robotics
TL;DR: This research aims to develop a farm management emulation tool that enables agrifood producers to effectively introduce advanced digital technologies, like intelligent and autonomous unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), in real-world field operations.
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Review: Sensing technologies for precision specialty crop production
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of these sensing technologies and discuss how they are used for precision agriculture and crop management, especially for specialty crops, and some of the challenges and considerations on the use of these sensors and technologies for specialty crop production are also discussed.
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Agricultural automatic guidance research in North America
TL;DR: A review of the recent research in agricultural vehicle guidance automation in North America is presented in this article, where a conceptual framework of an agricultural vehicle navigation automation system includes navigation sensors, navigation planner, vehicle motion models, and steering controllers.
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Determination of crop rows by image analysis without segmentation
H. T. Søgaard,Hans Jørgen Olsen +1 more
TL;DR: A method based on computer vision for detection and localisation of crop rows, especially of small-grain crops, is described, which has proven to reduce the computational burden of the image processing software.
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Agricultural robots—system analysis and economic feasibility
TL;DR: In this paper, the economic feasibility of applying autonomous robotic vehicles compared to conventional systems in three different applications: robotic weeding in high value crops (particularly sugar beet), crop scouting in cereals and grass cutting on golf courses.
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Development of machine vision and laser radar based autonomous vehicle guidance systems for citrus grove navigation
TL;DR: In this article, a rotary encoder was used to provide feedback on the steering angle to guide a common tractor in a citrus field using machine vision and laser radar (ladar) guidance.