A vision system based on a laser range-finder applied to robotic fruit harvesting

Machine Vision and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 321-329

  Jimenez A R ^a   Ceres, R ^a   Pons, J L ^a  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Harvesting; Laser scanner; Range; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012784566     PISSN: 09328092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001380050117     Document Type: Article

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