Corrigendum to "Evaluation and stability comparison of different vehicle configurations for robotic agricultural operations on side-slopes" [Biosystems Engineering 129 (2015) 197-211] DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2014.10.003;Evaluation and stability comparison of different vehicle configurations for robotic agricultural operations on side-slopes

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 197-211

  Vidoni, Renato ^a   Bietresato, Marco ^a   Gasparetto, Alessandro ^b   Mazzetto, Fabrizio ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural robotics; Kinematics; Mobile robots; Side slope agricultural activities; Vehicle stability

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; KINEMATICS; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; TRACKED VEHICLES;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTICS; MECHATRONICS DEVICES; MOBILE CONFIGURATION; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; VEHICLE CONFIGURATION; VEHICLE STABILITY;

SLOPE STABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; ROBOTS; VEHICLES;

EID: 84910122845     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2015.06.001     Document Type: Erratum

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