A low-cost stereovision system to estimate size and weight of live sheep

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-38

  Menesatti, Paolo ^a   Costa, Corrado ^a   Antonucci, Francesca ^a   Steri, Roberto ^a   Pallottino, Federico ^a   Catillo, Gennaro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpagota; Dual camera; PLS; Size estimation; Triangulation; Weight estimation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; COSTS; ERRORS; FORESTRY; TRIANGULATION;

ALPAGOTA; DIMENSIONAL POSITION; DUAL CAMERAS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SYSTEMS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE REGRESSION; SIZE ESTIMATION; STEREO-VISION SYSTEM; WEIGHT ESTIMATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; SHEEP; SOFTWARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEIGHT;

CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY;

EID: 84896878388     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.01.018     Document Type: Article

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