Review of robotic technology for strawberry production

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 301-318

  Defterli, S G ^a   Shi, Y ^b   Xu, Y ^a   Ehsani, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Robotics; Strawberry; Strawberry robots

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COSTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; EFFICIENCY; FRUITS; GRADING; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTS; VEGETABLES; WAGES; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONIC SUBSYSTEMS; FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; MECHANICAL SUB-SYSTEMS; STRAWBERRY; STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84978296334     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/aea.32.11318     Document Type: Article

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