Toward fulfilling the robotic farming vision: Advances in sensors and controllers for agricultural applications

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1026-1032

  Hamrita, T K ^a   Tollner, E W ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTIC FARMING;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0034226987     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.855956     Document Type: Article

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