Mini-UAV based sensory system for measuring environmental variables in greenhouses

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 3334-3350

  Roldán, Juan Jesús ^a   Joossen, Guillaume ^b   Sanz, David ^a   del Cerro, Jaime ^a   Barrientos, Antonio ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS   (Spain)

^b ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Environmental monitoring; Greenhouse; Robotics; Sensory system; UAVs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; LOCATION; ROBOTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FAILURE DETECTION; GREENHOUSE MONITORING; PLANT GROWTH MODELS; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; UAVS;

GREENHOUSES;

EID: 84922136814     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150203334     Document Type: Article

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