Close-range air-assisted precision spot-spraying for robotic applications: Aerodynamics and spray coverage analysis

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 146, Issue , 2016, Pages 216-226

  Malneršič, Aleš ^a   Dular, Matevž ^a   Širok, Brane ^a   Oberti, Roberto ^b   Hočevar, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural robotics; Airflow; Movement of leaves; Plant motion; Precision spraying; Spray deposition

Indexed keywords

CROPS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS;

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTICS; AIRFLOW; MOVEMENT OF LEAVES; PLANT MOTION; SPRAY DEPOSITION;

AIR;

EID: 84983574237     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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