Autonomous orchard vehicles for specialty crops production

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2011, ASABE 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 218-228

  Hamner, Bradley ^a   Bergerman, Marcel ^a   Singh, Sanjiv ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural automation; Autonomous orchard platform; Autonomous orchard vehicle; Crop intelligence; Efficiency improvement; Labor cost reduction; Specialty crops

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COST ACCOUNTING; COST REDUCTION; CROPS; EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERS; WAGES;

AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY; AUTONOMOUS ORCHARD PLATFORM; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; FIELD TEST; INCREASING PRODUCTION; LABOR COST REDUCTION; LABOR COSTS; PRIME MOVERS; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RESEARCH INITIATIVES; UNEVEN TERRAIN;

ORCHARDS;

EID: 81255138889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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