A method to define agricultural robot behaviours

Proceedings of the International Conference on Automation Technology for Off-road Equipment, ATOE 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 155-161

  Blackmore, B S ^a   Fountas, S ^a   Vougioukas, S ^b   Tang, L ^c   Sorensen C G ^d   Jargensen, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autonomous tractor; Behaviour; Methodology; Robots

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECOMPOSITION; FARMS; OPTIMIZATION; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

AUTONOMOUS TRACTORS; METHODOLOGY; PRIMITIVE ACTIONS; TRACTOR DIRECTRIX;

ROBOTS;

AGRICULTURE; BEHAVIOR; DECAY; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTS; TRACTORS;

EID: 27844577421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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