Vision-based control of robotic manipulator for citrus harvesting

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 146-158

  Mehta, S S ^a   Burks, T F ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural robotics; Robotic harvesting; Visual servo control

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CITRUS FRUITS; HARVESTING; MANIPULATORS; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ROBOTICS;

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTICS; GLOBAL EXPONENTIAL REGULATIONS; KINEMATICALLY REDUNDANT MANIPULATORS; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; LYAPUNOV-BASED STABILITY ANALYSIS; ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS; VISION BASED CONTROL; VISUAL SERVO CONTROL;

CONTROLLERS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CONTROL SYSTEM; FRUIT; HARVESTING; KINEMATICS; REAL TIME; ROBOTICS; VISION;

EID: 84894048728     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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