Autonomous mechanical thinning using scanning LIDAR

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1629-1643

  Aasted, Matthew ^a   Dise, Reuben ^b   Baugher, Tara Auxt ^b   Schupp, James R ^b   Heinemann, Paul H ^b   Singh, Sanjiv ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; LIDAR; Mechanical thinning

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; ENGINEERS;

AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; BLOSSOM REMOVAL; ECONOMICAL METHODS; MECHANICAL THINNING; PRODUCTION PRACTICE;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 81255142563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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