Autonomous systems for precise spraying – Evaluation of a robotised patch sprayer

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 146, Issue , 2016, Pages 165-182

  Gonzalez de Soto, Mariano ^a,d   Emmi, Luis ^a   Perez Ruiz, Manuel ^b   Aguera, Juan ^c   Gonzalez de Santos, Pablo ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural robot; Autonomous systems; Herbicide saving; Precision spraying; Weed control

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; CROPS; DIRECT INJECTION; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; HERBICIDES; MOBILE ROBOTS; NAVIGATION; REMOTE SENSING; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL ROBOT; AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES; AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT; AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED COMPUTING SYSTEM; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; HERBICIDE APPLICATION; SEMI-STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS;

VISUAL SERVOING;

EID: 84969944515     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2015.12.018     Document Type: Article

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