A remotely controlled bin-dog for transferring bins in orchard environments

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2013, ASABE 2013

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 2531-2539

  Ye, Yunxiang ^a   He, Long ^a   Zhou, Jianfeng ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Lewis, Karen ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bin handle; Bin dog; Fruit harvest; Remote control

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; HARVESTING; ORCHARDS; REMOTE CONTROL; ROADS AND STREETS; ROBOTICS;

APPLE ORCHARDS; BIN-DOG; FRUIT HARVESTS; JOYSTICK CONTROLLERS; REMOTE CONTROLLERS; ROBOTIC SOLUTIONS; SOFT GROUND; WIRELESS MODULE;

BINS;

EID: 84881645773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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