An autonomous rice transplanter guided by global positioning system and inertial measurement unit

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 26, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 537-548

  Nagasaka, Yoshisada ^a   Saito, Hidefumi ^a   Tamaki, Katsuhiko ^a   Seki, Masahiro ^a   Kobayashi, Kyo ^a   Taniwaki, Ken ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR CONTROL; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; AUTOMATED MACHINES; CONTROL PROTOCOLS; CONTROLLER-AREA-NETWORK BUS; DATA COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS; HEADING ANGLES; INERTIA MEASUREMENTS; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; LATERAL DEVIATION; PADDY FIELDS; PROJECT OBJECTIVES; RICE TRANSPLANTER; STEERING CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; COMMUNICATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 68049084464     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20294     Document Type: Article

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