Robots for Field Operations with Comprehensive Multilayer Control

KI - Kunstliche Intelligenz

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 325-333

  Griepentrog, H W ^a   Duhring Jaeger C L ^a   Paraforos, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomous field operations; Autonomous weed control; Controller software framework

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CULTIVATION; MULTILAYERS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES; AUTONOMOUS FIELD OPERATION; AUTONOMOUS WEED CONTROL; CONTROLLER SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK; CROP PRODUCTION; FIELD OPERATION; MULTILAYER CONTROL; OPERATIONS COST; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; SOFTWARE FRAMEWORKS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 84922714262     PISSN: 09331875     EISSN: 16101987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13218-013-0266-z     Document Type: Article

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