Highlights and preliminary results for autonomous crop protection

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 110, Issue , 2015, Pages 150-161

  Perez Ruiz M ^a   Gonzalez de Santos, P ^b   Ribeiro, A ^b   Fernandez Quintanilla, C ^c   Peruzzi, A ^d   Vieri, M ^e   Tomic, S ^f   Aguera J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTER VIENNA FTW   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autonomous tractor; Precision agriculture; Precision crop protection; RTK GPS

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COST REDUCTION; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DATA HANDLING; DIRECT INJECTION; END EFFECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; TRACTORS (TRUCK);

AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES; AUTONOMOUS TRACTORS; CROP PROTECTION; DATA PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; RTK-GPS; VARIABLE RATE APPLICATION;

WEED CONTROL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALGORITHM; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; EVERGREEN TREE; GPS; MAIZE; PEST CONTROL; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; WEED CONTROL;

EUROPE;

EID: 84911931332     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.11.010     Document Type: Review

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