A systems view of agricultural robots

Precision Agriculture 2007 - Papers Presented at the 6th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 23-31

  Blackmore, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Machine intelligence; Mechanisation system; Phytotechnology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOT; EASE-OF-USE; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; MACHINE INTELLIGENCE; MECHANISATION; PHYTOTECHNOLOGY; PRECISION FARMING; SYSTEMS VIEW;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; MECHANIZATION; ROBOTS;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 79956084686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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