Tractor-based Real-time Kinematic-Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS) guidance system for geospatial mapping of row crop transplant

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-71

  Perez Ruiz, Manuel ^a   Slaughter, David C ^b   Gliever, C ^b   Upadhyaya, Shrini K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CROPS; FRUITS; KINEMATICS; LOCATION; MAPPING; REMOTE CONTROL; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK);

ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES; EMBEDDED CONTROLLERS; GEOSPATIAL MAPPING; ORIENTATION SENSORS; REAL TIME KINEMATIC GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (RTK GPS); SENSOR MONITORING; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL; TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 83955165402     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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