Robots poised to revolutionise agriculture

Industrial Robot

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 450-456

  Bogue, Robert ^a  

^a Science Technology and Marketing Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agrochemicals; Food production; Harvesting; Robots

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTS; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL ROBOT; AGROCHEMICALS; FOOD PRODUCTION; HARVESTING ROBOT; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 84986593974     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IR-05-2016-0142     Document Type: Article

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