Path planning for the autonomous collection of eggs on floors

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 186-199

  Vroegindeweij, Bastiaan A ^a   van Willigenburg, Gerard L ^a   Groot Koerkamp, Peter W G ^a   van Henten, Eldert J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Floor eggs; Non uniform; Path planning; Repetitive coverage; Robot

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTS;

AUTOMATED COLLECTION; DISTRIBUTION PROBABILITY; FEED BACK INFORMATION; HIGH POTENTIAL; HOUSING SYSTEMS; NON-UNIFORM; PATH-PLANNING ALGORITHM; REPETITIVE COVERAGE;

FLOORS;

EID: 84897379661     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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