Agricultural robot for radicchio harvesting

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 363-377

  Foglia, Mario M ^a   Reina, Giulio ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION; EFFICIENCY; END EFFECTORS; GRIPPERS; HARVESTING; MANIPULATORS; PRODUCTIVITY; ROBOTIC ARMS;

AGRICULTURAL ROBOT; RADICCHIO HARVESTING; RADICCHIO VISUAL LOCALIZATION (RVL);

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 33747049532     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20131     Document Type: Article

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