Autonomous robots for agricultural tasks and farm assignment and future trends in agro robots

International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Yaghoubi, Sajjad ^a,b,c   Akbarzadeh, Negar Ali ^a,b,c   Bazargani, Shadi Sadeghi ^a,b,c   Bazargani, Sama Sadeghi ^a,b,c   Bamizan, Marjan ^a,b,c   Asl, Maryam Irani ^a,b,c  

^a BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Engineering innovation; Robotics; Technologies; Worldwide trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880399986     PISSN: 22272771     EISSN: 2077124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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