Heterogeneous multi-robot system for mapping environmental variables of greenhouses

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Roldán, Juan Jesús ^a   Garcia Aunon, Pablo ^a   Garzón, Mario ^a   de León, Jorge ^a   del Cerro, Jaime ^a   Barrientos, Antonio ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Greenhouse; Griculture; Multi robot; Robotics; Sensory system; UAV; UGV

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS; GREENHOUSES; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; ROBOT LEARNING; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS; SENSOR NETWORKS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRICULTURE; GUIDANCE , NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS; HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEM; MULTIROBOTS; SENSORY SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84977138179     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s16071018     Document Type: Article

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