A pruning robot with a power-saving chainsaw drive

2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, IEEE ICMA 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1223-1228

  Ishigure, Yasuhiko ^a   Hirai, Katsuyuki ^b   Kawasaki, Haruhisa ^a  

^a Marutomi Seiko Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chainsaw; Forest; Pruning; Robot

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS; CHAINSAW; DISTURBANCE ESTIMATION; FOREST; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; POSTURE ADJUSTMENT; PRUNING; STEERING MECHANISMS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORESTRY; FOUR WHEEL STEERING;

ROBOTS;

CHAIN SAWS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PRUNING; ROBOTS;

EID: 84887871067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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