Design and simulation of two robotic systems for automatic artichoke harvesting

Robotics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 217-230

  Longo, Domenico ^a   Muscato, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural robotics; Artichoke harvesting; Artificial vision; Outdoor autonomous robot

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002430904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22186581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/robotics2040217     Document Type: Article

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