Direct application end effector for a precise weed control robot

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 458-464

  Jeon, Hong Y ^a   Tian, Lei F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC MOTORS; HERBICIDES; SAWS; WEED CONTROL;

A-COEFFICIENT; ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; BROADLEAF WEEDS; CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL TANKS; CONTROL ROBOTS; FLOW CONTROLLERS; VASCULAR TISSUE;

END EFFECTORS;

ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI; ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; SETARIA (PLANT);

EID: 70350721616     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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