Design of an advanced prototype robot for white asparagus harvesting

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 887-892

  Chatzimichali, Anna P ^a   Georgilas, Ioannis P ^a   Tourassis, Vassilios D ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN DECISIONS; PROTOTYPE ROBOT; ROBOT PROTOTYPES; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; HARVESTING; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHATRONICS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS;

EID: 70350447635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AIM.2009.5229897     Document Type: Conference Paper

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