Sensor-based scouting algorithms for automatic sampling tasks in rough and large unstructured agricultural fields

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 285-294

  Liu, Lifang ^a   Crowe, Trever ^a   Roberge, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural robot; Automatic sampling; Path planning; Scouting algorithm

Indexed keywords

A-PRIORI; AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS; AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL ROBOT; AUTOMATIC SAMPLING; EFFICIENT PATHS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FIELD SAMPLINGS; KNOWN ENVIRONMENTS; LABOR SHORTAGES; OPTIMAL PATHS; PATH LENGTHS; PATH PLANNING; PATH-PLANNING ALGORITHMS; POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS; SAMPLE POINTS; SAMPLING POINTS; SCOUTING ALGORITHM; SPATIAL SAMPLINGS; TIME REQUIREMENTS; TRIANGULAR MESHES;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

ALGORITHMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALGORITHM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; SENSOR;

EID: 60749113132     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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