An autonomous crop treatment robot: Part II. Real time implementation

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-85

  Hague, T ^a   Southall, B ^b   Tillett, N D ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Kalman filter; Navigation; Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; CROPS; ERROR ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION; NONLINEAR FILTERING; POSITION MEASUREMENT; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SENSORS; SPRAYING; WEED CONTROL;

VISION SYSTEM;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0036457993     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027836402320556494     Document Type: Article

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