Autonomous fruit picking machine: A robotic apple harvester

Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2008, Pages 531-539

  Baeten, Johan ^a   Donné, Kevin ^a   Boedrij, Sven ^a   Beckers, Wim ^a   Claesen, Eric ^a  

^a Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; FRUIT JUICES; GRIPPERS; HARVESTING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SILICONES;

FRUIT HARVESTING; INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; SERVICE ROBOTICS; STATE OF THE ARTS;

FRUITS;

EID: 49249118548     PISSN: 16107438     EISSN: 1610742X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75404-6_51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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