Agricultural robots for field operations: Concepts and components

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 149, Issue , 2016, Pages 94-111

  Bechar, Avital ^a   Vigneault, Clément ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural robots; Autonomous; Field operations; Robotics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MACHINERY; MANIPULATORS; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS;

AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS; AGRICULTURAL ROBOT; AUTONOMOUS; COMPLEMENTARY-SENSORS; FIELD OPERATION; GUIDANCE ALGORITHM; INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITIES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84978289451     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2016.06.014     Document Type: Review

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