Automated machine for thinning lettuce - Development and evaluation

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2012, ASABE 2012

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 3221-3234

  Siemens, Mark C ^a   Herbon, Ryan ^b   Gayler, Ronald R ^a   Nolte, Kurt D ^a   Brooks, Davie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Mule Deer Automation   (United States)

^c Pasquinelli Produce Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated; Lettuce; Machine; Machine vision; Performance testing; Plant recognition; Precision; Seedlings; Thinning

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER VISION; SULFURIC ACID;

AUTOMATED; LETTUCE; MACHINE; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PLANT RECOGNITION; PRECISION; SEEDLINGS; THINNING;

SEED;

EID: 84871741047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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