Robotics in horticultural field production

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Bechar, Avital ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automation; Autonomous; Horticulture; Production; Robotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649537483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2010.3.11     Document Type: Review

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