Development of a row guidance system for an autonomous robot for white asparagus harvesting

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-225

  Dong, Fuhong ^a   Heinemann, Wolfgang ^a   Kasper, Roland ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural robot; Cascade control; Differential drive; Row guidance; White asparagus harvesting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOT; AUTONOMOUS ROBOT; CASCADE CONTROL; CASCADE CONTROL STRUCTURE; CASCADE SCHEMES; CASCADE STRUCTURES; CONTROL PARAMETERS; CONTROL REGIMES; DIFFERENTIAL DRIVE; DRIVE MOTORS; EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES; GUIDANCE CONTROL; GUIDANCE STRATEGY; GUIDANCE SYSTEM; INNER LOOPS; INNER ORIENTATION; LOW LEVEL; ORIENTATION ANGLES; ORIENTATION ERROR; OUTER LOOP; PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL DERIVATIVES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ROOT LOCUS ANALYSIS; TRACKING ACCURACY; TRACKING SYSTEM; TWO-LAYER STRUCTURES;

CASCADE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; CULTIVATION; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; HARVESTING; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; ROOT LOCI;

CONTROLLERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CONTROL SYSTEM; CULTIVATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GUIDELINE; HARVESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ROOT; TRACKING; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

ASPARAGUS;

EID: 80155125244     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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