The development and assessment of the accuracy of an autonomous GPS-based system for intra-row mechanical weed control in row crops

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 396-410

  Norremark M ^a   Griepentrog, H W ^b   Nielsen, J ^b   Sogaard H T ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; CROPS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACCURATE GUIDANCE; AUTONOMOUS TRACTORS; FORWARD VELOCITY; HERBICIDE TREATMENT; MAXIMUM DISTANCE; REAL TIME POSITIONING; REAL-TIME KINEMATIC GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS; WITHIN ROW SPACING;

WEED CONTROL;

EID: 56449122680     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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